A startling feature of the British Home Office report on criminal statistics is the proportion of youths who appear in the list. Of the total number of indictable offenders, 21 per cent were under the age of 16 years, while no fewer than 33 per cent of house and shop breaking offenders were also under 16 years.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 235, 17 September 1934, Page 7
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