"DANGEROUS CRIMINALS"

Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1929, Page 11

"DANGEROUS CRIMINALS"

YOUNG TARANAKI BURGLARS INCREASE MULLALLY.fS TERM' SENTENCES BY CHIEF JUSTICE. FIVE YEARS’ BORSTAL TREATMENT Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Oct. 11. “A dangerous young gang of criminals,’’ was the description given by the Chief Justice in sentencing youths for breaking and entering by night and theft, breaking and entering with intent to commit a . crime and receiving. They had pleaded guilty at New Plymouth. . . James Mullally, aged 22, for breaking, entering and theft, two charges, who had been sentenced at New Plymouth to three 'years’ reformative detention, had his sentence increased to five years. ■William’ Claude White, aged 21, for breaking,'entering and theft and receiving, was similarly treated. Samuel’Patrick White) aged 19, breaking, entering l and theft, three charges; Leonard Michael White, aged 17, three charges Joint Mullally, aged 19, breaking, eiiteragiaud theft and five charges of breaking.‘and entering with intent to commit a erhne; were sentenced to five years in a Borsthl- institute, with a recommenda’tiOii' .to' the authorities that they be ’kfepb ih separate insitutions, if possible, to break up the association. ’ Charles Edvvard King, aged 20, breaking, entering*'aVid theft- was' admitted to two years’ probation. His Honour said King might; : liavb'been'led to the offence with t-lib-"idcit' that 'the others were heroes, but they were not. They, were criminals, and criminals of a bad type.