FOND OF FIRE.
PRISON OR CORRECTION
(Press Association. —By Telegraph. Wellington, Yesterday.
Mr Justine Chapman found some difficulty to-day in dealing with a 16 year old girl, Ivy Myrtle Strong, who recently pleaded guilty to a charge of setting tire to the Presbyterian Girls' Orphanage at Karori. The Crown Prosecutor stated that the girl had a propensity for setting places on fire. He suggested the •girl be sent to the Te OrangaHome, but tne trouble was the Act did not provide for the reception of girls over 16 by simple committal by a Judge. An order of the Governor was required in cases over 16 and under 19 for detention in reformative institutions. The only course was to imprison and leave to the Governor to act in the direction suggested. The Judge agreed. He sentenced the girl to three months imprisonment and recommended the Minister for Justice to bring the case under the notice of the Governor. His Honor added that it would be advisable to have the Act amended.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1866, 10 March 1913, Page 2
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