YOUTHFUL THIEVES
A MAGISTRATE’S COMMENTS (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, May 5. “It is growing monotonous to see young men enter the dock day after day on charges of theft,” said the Stipendiary Magistrate this morning when dealing with the case of Athol Sutherland, 18j years, charged with a series of theits in Wellington and Christchurch. There were also charges of passing valueless cheques which accused admitted. The first theft took place in Wellington on April 12 and the last in Christchurch in April 26. Accused who, in a statement said he was a law clerk, admitted all the charges. In granting him probation for three years the Magistrate remarked that unless such cases were firmly dealt with the idea would become prevalent among young men that they might steal with impunity. The present case, however, was not one for imprisonment. Accused needed to be under the supervision of the probation officer.
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Southland Times, Issue 19509, 8 May 1922, Page 2
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152YOUTHFUL THIEVES Southland Times, Issue 19509, 8 May 1922, Page 2
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