INDECENCY CASES

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 104, 4 May 1935, Page 6

INDECENCY CASES

SUPREME COURT SENTENCES

"These offences are of a very-serious character," said the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) at the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon when sentencing Thomas Henry Con way; to five years' hard labour on charges- ,of indecent assault on males.. The offences, said his Honour, crfeatediri the "community a running sore and one ' could never tell how far -that would, go. Each of the young fellows .contaminated was always likely to be afresh.source of contamination amongst the'youth of the community. He could not deal with the case in any other way than to .treat it as a very-serious: matter..

On a charge of attempted indecent assault Frederick Stevens • was- sentenced to, twelve . months'. imprisonment. :' .. . "". .- ■•-.-, : .v. ■'. :-..,.: •

Mr. 8. ,' Vickerman,:.*■'■ who. ■■ appeared for the prisoner; said that; :Steyens, who had bepri .a jmerribe'r of a '«srtain organisation, full^ realised :- the" iseQouisness of the bffence aiid hadiJonfeKed his guilt before the. fta'ttjerVeame^ln'to the hands of the p'olifce.; W,.: .'.-..;. : His Honour said that he dl? 'not desire to say anythihg^^boutiihe^pfganisation at all, because 4t ■ was "one 61 the finest to the-world ajad nmst'be kept, clear of this kind .of. thing, but if a man.in charge"...of ioys Acted "as j the prisoner had done,, it-was a-very serious matter, lii passing .sentence he «^ d-««t the prisoner^ pastSac!^ ter had-been good.iand ihere was no danger of a repetition O f;the offenr-e: