SHARP LESSON GIVEN
YOUTH SENT TO GAOL INTOXICATION, CONVERSION OF CAR AND THEFT i United Press Association! NEW PLYMOUTH, 10th May. Bernard Laurence Finch, aged 13. who admitted the conversion of a motor-car and intoxication while in charge of it, was to-day sentenced by Mr W. H. Woodward, S.M., to one month’s imprisonment and to probation for two years. His license was cancelled and he was prohibited from obtaining another for two years: he was also ordered to abstain from taking intoxicants for a similar period. On a charge of stealing an empty beer keg he was convicted without penalty. ‘My purpose is your reformation rather than your punishment or the deterrent effect on others,” said the magistrate. “The principal purpose is your reformation, but I must administer a sharp lesson to you."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 11 May 1939, Page 6
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