THEFT OF MOTOR-CARS.
QUESTION OF PUN tSHMENT, LAW GIVES FULL PROTECTION. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION. J WELLINGTON, Tuesday. When the executive of the North Island Motor Union met last evening it was reported that thti president a.nd secretary had waited on the Minister of Justice in regard to the theft of cars and the punishment for the offence. The Minister said the law gave full protection if it was administered in full by the magistrates. He pointed out the difference between "joy rides" and thefts, and said it was conceivable that if the punishment was increased by three months the cases would be tried by juries, and the question would arise whether they would convict if the punishment was imprisonment. The Minister recommended each association to instruct a solicitor to press for severer punishment where theft could be proved and thus give publicity to the power of magistrates. The union decided not to press for an amendment to increase the punishment.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19959, 30 May 1928, Page 10
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