AUNT HELPS BOY IN CRIME
EIGHTEEN THEFTS ADMITTED
ASTOUNDING CHRISTCHURCH CASE.
WOMAN BENEFITED BY EVIL ACT.
By Telegraph.—Zresa Association. Christchurch, March 7.
An astounding story of crime and incitement to crime was revealed in the Children’s Court this morning, when a 17-year-old boy pleaded guilty to 18 charges of theft, involving £lOO, and his aunt pleaded guilty to four charges of receiving the goods stolen by the youth, knowing them to have been dishonestly obtained. The circumstances outlined by • the police revealed that the boy was a daring thief and that his aunt egged him on to crimes and benefited by them. The aunt was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment with hard labour. The boy was placed under the care of the superintendent of child welfare, with a recommendation that he be sent to Weraroa.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1929, Page 11
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