THEFTS BY BOYS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16371, 20 June 1927, Page 7

THEFTS BY BOYS

WHILE PARENTS GO TO RACES (Special to the. Herald.) AUCKLAND, this day. Mother, father and sister went to the races, and the boys were hard put to it to amuse themselves. Finally they raided a few houses in the neighborhood and made a collection of watches, field glasses, chocolates, mouth organs, crackers, cigarette cards and books. As a sequel two lads, aged 14 arid 13 years, appeared at the Children's Court on Saturday. In a sworn statement one of them said that as his family had gone out for the day he got his friend to come over and “ play.” At about 10 o’clock they rang-the doorbell of a neighbor’s house to see if anyone was at home. No one answered, so they climbed through n window and got some cigarette cards and crackers. This easy success made them try two other houses. The hauls included chocolates and field glasses. They looked in all the drawers and cupboards in the houses. A few nights later one of them went to a house at night and collected some cigarette cards; and he also entered the home of a playmate one afternoon and took a money-box which contained about £l. The money was spent- on sweets and pictures. , Tlie Court committed the younger boy to the care of the superintendent of child welfare, and put the elder one under supervision for two years.