"SUDDEN FREEDOM"
Said oy his counsel to belong to a religious sect which was "in the world but not of it," a youth of 17, who pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court today to two charges of car conversion, was admitted by Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., to probation for two years. In that time he is not to drive a motor vehicle.
After calling evidence as to the boy's good character, Mr. J. S. Hanna said that he had never been allowed to play games or have companions among other boys of his age. "The only real athletic exercise he has been allowed to indulge in has been the playing of chess," said Mr. Hanna, "and he has done some digging in the garden."
According to a doctor's report, read by counsel, the boy had not been to a picture show for three years. His father died about twelve months ago and his elder brother just before the offences were committed. The boy's delinquency was the reaction of a normal personality to sudden freedom.
Counsel's request for the suppression of the boy's name was granted,.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 128, 26 November 1940, Page 9
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