POSTAL THEFTS
NOT CASES FOR PROBATION
(United Press Association),
CHRISTCHURCH, July 21.,
“I think it is absolutely essential that it should bo known by all persons occupying position similar to the one that you occupied, that they cannot commit theft and then come to tho Court and expect to be admitted to probation,” said Mr Justice Heed, in imposing sentence on a postal official, Edward Bryan Carter, aged 19, charged with the theft of a postal packet. His Honour said lie had given the case a good deal of anxious thought on account of the prisoner’s age, but had come to the conclusion that it was not a case for probation. Tho crime of breach of duty was becoming very common in New Zealand. There was a great number of cases of stealing from the Government, and also from private employers. Prisoner would be detained for reformative purposes for 12 months.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 23 July 1923, Page 2
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151POSTAL THEFTS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 23 July 1923, Page 2
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