SERIES OF OFFENCES
BOYS BEFORE COURT
Uis> IVlPffrnpli—l'ref* Assf.ctiitinn.) ' PALMERSTONsffN., This Day. Charges of unlawful conversion of cars, giving a false fire alarm, and holding up an elderly woman with intent to steal her purse, were preferred against three boys, aged about 16 years, in the Children's Court. It was stated that with handkerchiefs over their faces in bandit style they held up the woman, who was 72 years of age, in a street, and attempted to steal her purse, but they were frustrated through someone else arriving on the scene. The boys faced nine charges, and the other seven charges were of unlawful car conversion. Some of the vehicles, it was stated, had been damaged. Two of the boys, who had been before the Court previously, we're committed to the care of the Superintendent of the Child Welfare Department and will spend a corrective period in an institution. The other boy was placed under the supervision of the local child welfare officer.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 14, 16 July 1937, Page 4
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163SERIES OF OFFENCES Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 14, 16 July 1937, Page 4
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