"STIGMA OF DOMINION."
CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.
DRASTIC ACTION NEEDED.
Reference to the prevalence of sexual crime was contained in a recommendation made by the grand jury at the Auckland Supreme .Court yesterday, in, returning true bills in tb?ee cases of indecent assault. The ; foreman, Mr. A. C. Whitney, submitted tint following resolution to Mr. Justice Stringer s — "The Grand Jury draws attention to the fact that indecent assaults upon children are still common, and expresSTS the hope that the administration of justice will bo directed toward 6he rednctioji i ; >f this type of crime, which we feel fs a stigma on the Dominion.": ; His Honor pointed oat that an inquiry into sexual crime was noiir proceeding and that some useful information might soon be available, : Many of JJie crimes were attributable to ■ mental He would forward the jury's resolution to the Minister for Justice.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18774, 30 July 1924, Page 11
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