CAREER OF CRIME.
JUDGE IGNORES APPEAL.
In sentencing a young man in Melbourne lately. Judge Woinarski said that he could not help thinking that successful appeals which had been made on behalf of first offenders were a very important factor in increasing the amount of crime in the, community. He sentenced Henry Wilson, aged 22 years, to 18 months' imprisonment on each of three housebreaking charges. In the appeal which had been made on behalf of accused it was stated that he belonged to a reputable Tasmanian family, and that he should be treated lightly as a first offender. Judge Woinarski, however, pointed out that in Wilson's room had been found up-to-dato burglary gloves, fully-loaded revolver, glass cutter and a loaded bludgeon"You turned your back on good influences and stooped to crime and did it deliberately," said the Judge in fixing the sentence.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18760, 14 July 1924, Page 5
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