BROTHERS IN TROUBLE.
.THEFTS FROM SCOWS. YOUNGER. BOY'S LAST CHANCE. Rccciifc thefts from scows resulted in the appearance of two brothers, aged 19 and 16 years, in the Police Court before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., on. Saturday. Mr. S. Clark asked for leniency for the younger boy, whom he said would respond to good influences. The 19-year-old youth was the prime mover and could not expect another chance. The probation officer said the elder boy had been convicted of forgery, false, pretences and burglary, and was a fit subject for the Borstal Institute. The juvenile probation officer said tha younger boy had been convicted and birched for assault. He was easily led and had been dull at school. The Rev.' H. N. Drummond said the younger lad was amenable to discipline and might behave we'll if kept under observation. ■Mr. Hunt: He will get his last chance. The elder boy was committed to the Borstal Institution for three years, and his brother was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence in 12 months.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19032, 1 June 1925, Page 12
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