JUSTICES' JUSTICE.
TO TEE EDITOR. Sir,—By your report in Friday's issue a man was Bent to gaol for twelve months for stealing to the value of three shillings and ninepence! Thus the colony is put to the expense of supporting this man in idleness for twelve months. # As I do not know all the facts I am not in a position to criticise the judgment of the justices, but I do know that it is held in England, where shopkeepers do as some persist in doing in Auckland (unchecked by the police) break the by-laws by exposing goods outside their shops, thereby tempting the destitute and the hungry, the magistrates either refuse to convict or inflict nominal penalties. Why should one breaker of the laws escape any punishment while others be punished at a cost to the State of probably £2o? The practice of exposing goods for sale is largely on the increase, and is apparently allowed and encouraged.—l am, &c, Pro Bono Publico.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 9011, 17 October 1892, Page 3
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