ABOLITION OF FLOGGING
PROTEST FROM WOMEN [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Saturday The Wellington Society for the Protection of Women and Children views with concern the amendment to the Crimes Act. In a statement the president said the society considered that the protection of defenceless children should be a paramount consideration in these cases, and strongly protested against the abolition of the deterrent of corporal punishment. "This society is peculiarly fitted to express an opinion in this matter, owing to the wide practical experience it has gained in dealing with cases of this nature during the past 43 years of social work in this city," said the president. "We view with alarm the prospect of men of such evil propensities being free from fear of corporal punishment, as a prison sentence, with a probable curtailment for good behaviour while in prison, is totally inadequate in view of the grave and serious nature of these offences."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24070, 15 September 1941, Page 8
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155ABOLITION OF FLOGGING New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24070, 15 September 1941, Page 8
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