DETERRENT OF CRIME.
VALUE OF PUBLICITY. PLEA TO SUPPRESS NAME. [BV TELEGRAPH. —OWN cor,RESPONDENT.] DUNEDIN. Wednesday. Tho value of publicity as a deterrent was strongly emphasised by Mr. J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., in tho Police Court to day. "If T make sut-h an order I do not sco ho.v I can justify my action," said Mr. Bartholomew, in response to an application made by Mr. C. J. L. White for the suppression ol tho name of a man who was charged with false pretences. Mr. White put forward tho plea that the man was now on the eve of making good, and that if tho case got into the papers tho accused would bo dismissed from his position. The magistrate said that tho man was getting on toward middle life, and had held a responsible position. Tho offence and its circumstances could be considered in such applications, but in this case the only thing urged was the consequence of the offenco. and ho could not recognise that. In such matters publicity was the best deterrent.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20304, 11 July 1929, Page 13
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175DETERRENT OF CRIME. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20304, 11 July 1929, Page 13
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