CRIMES OF DISHONESTY
JUVENILE DELINQUENTS COMMENTS OF A JUDGE [I!Y TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRTSTCHURC'H, Saturday An increase in dishonesty among the youth of the community was referred to in the Supreme Court to-day by Mr. Justice Northeroft, when two youths appeared for sentence on charges of housebreaking. "With a view to stating the position fairly, said the Judge, ho had had figures taken out for the past "1:2 months. They showed that of 3f offenders before the Court for crimes of dishonesty, 15 of them were from 17 to 21 years of age, six wore from 21 to 25. and 13 were above 25 years. "There must be some special reason why youths are committing these crimes?' said His Honor. "They do not refer to conversion of cars, but for the most part to deliberate crimes of dishonesty. The position is alarming, and 1 consider it my duty to draw the community's attention to the way young men are going." Ernest Leslie Edmond Green, aged 19, who was alreadv on probation for theft, was sentenced to two years in a Borstal institution, while Russell Norman Dixon was given probation for two years.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23840, 16 December 1940, Page 10
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