CARS CONVERTED
SCHOOLBOYS CHARGED. MAGISTRATE’S COMMENT. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, October 28. “So much of this is going on that urgent steps must be taken to stop it. The law provides for heavy punishment and it is up to the Courts to see the law is obeyed,” stated the Magistrate, Mr E. D. Mosley, in the Children’s Court when four secondary schoolboys, aged from 15 to 17, were jointly charged with converting two motor cars to their own use. One boy was discharged as he had been an unwilling party to the offence. Another was placed under the supervision of the Child Welfare Officer for one year and the remaining two for two years. The Magistrate said that in the case of two boys the control at their home was very slack and the parents were partly to blame. The boys had used the cars for trips to the seaside, often returning at 4 a.m. and 5 am. despite the fact that they were preparing for the matriculation examination.
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Southland Times, Issue 22159, 30 October 1933, Page 8
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170CARS CONVERTED Southland Times, Issue 22159, 30 October 1933, Page 8
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