PROBATION GRANTED

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 151, 24 April 1940, Page 5

PROBATION GRANTED

YOUNG MAN'S LAPSE FORGING OF CHEQUE A dairy factory employee, John Hudson, aged 19, of Opotiki, who had been committed for sentence on charges of forging and uttering a cheque for £10, was admitted to probation for two years, when he appeared for sentence in the Supreme Court before Mr Justice Callan. The terms of probation were subject to several special conditions. The Crown prosecutor, Mr F. Wrey Nolan, was in attendance, and the accused was represented by Mr L. T. Burnard. Mr Burnard said that the youth came from a respected family. He had been convicted already of stealins a suitcase on the same day a:s the present offence, on or about Februar3 r 23, and was still serving the remainder of a sentence of three weeks' imprisonment. The trouble arose out of the accused having been encouraged by an older youth to leave his home. The manager of the | Opotiki dairy factory was prepared to take Hudson back on the staff if probation was granted. Terms of Probation. His Honor pointed out the seriousness of the offence, but said that on account of the youth of the accused and the circumstances explained by the probation officer he would grant probation. He would accept thw special conditions suggested by the probation officer, that Hudson be prohibited from entering billiard salons, from attending picture theatres more than once a week, and the taking out of a prohibition order. His Honor said that those conditions did not go far enough and he included a provision that the accused would be ordered to pay costs amounting to £18 6s on the understanding that that money was to be paid out of his own pocket and not with the help of others. His Honor ordered that throughout the term of probation Hudson should abstain from the use of all alcoholic liquor. Hudson was warned that if there was any breach of the conditions of probation he would be severely punished. .