YOUTHFUL BURGLARS
AN AUCKLAND CLUB. (Per United Press Aj«ociation.) AUCKLAND. October 7. Two boys, head of a juvenile burglars' club, the members of which had admitted several robberies and the accumulation of a remarkable collection representative of the “profession,” appeared in the Police Court for sentence to-day. Accused were 14 and 12£ years of age respectively, and are the sons of respectable parenta. Their career crime was attributed to the reading of cheap and trashy literature. Mr Wihon, S.M., said both boys must receive a gnod thrashing and he could not order it without recording a conviction, which hr was reluctant to do. He wanted an assurance that the boys would get a thorough whipping by someone competent to do it, and adjourned the case for a fortnight on the suggestion that such punishment be inflicted by the parents, in the presence of the probation officer.
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Southland Times, Issue 19659, 9 October 1922, Page 5
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146YOUTHFUL BURGLARS Southland Times, Issue 19659, 9 October 1922, Page 5
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