YOUNG OFFENDER'S NAME.
JUDGE'S RECOMMENDATION. THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS[by telegraph.—own correspondent. ] CHRISTCHURCH. Monday. Being reluctant to make an order suppressing a youth's name, Mr. Justice Adams, in the Supreme Court to-day, suggested to the press representatives present that "merciful consideration of the mother's position indicates that the name should not be published," "The probation officer," His -Honor said, ''has pointed out special circumstances'in regard to the prisoner's mother. These indicate that publication of the name might do serious and irreparable injury to a very deserving woman. I am very reluctant to make an order for suppression of a name. As far as I can remember I have not done so. "I refrain from making an order in this case, because I have much faith in the discretion of those who govern the press; and one hesitates, except in extreme cases, to make an order that would interfere with the freedom of the press." The accused, a lad of 17 years, who had pleaded guilty to assault with intent on a female and to indecent assault, was sentenced to be detained in the Borstal institution for five years.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20024, 14 August 1928, Page 11
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