Making Punishment Fit The Crime
Punishment to fit the crime was imposed by Mr W. H. Woodward, S.M., in the Children’s Court at New Plymouth when he directed that two youths who had admitted vandalism at Kawaroa Park should pei'form certain work on borough reserves. A trial of wantom destruction in the children’s playground, where swings, chutes and seesaws were damaged to the extent of £3O, was described by Senior-Sergeant A. D. Buchanan. In view of the good wages defendants were stated to be receiving, Mr Woodward ordered each to pay £ls towards the cost of repairs. He directed that one aged 17 should spend at least 120 hours of his time in cleaning up a council reserve, and that the other, aged 16, spend 100 hours similarly.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 82, 16 August 1948, Page 7
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128Making Punishment Fit The Crime Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 82, 16 August 1948, Page 7
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