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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16415, 8 January 1919, Page 9

Two boys appeared in the Juvenile Court before Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M., yesterday, charged with having discharged a pea-rifle in a public street, and with having damaged a tank, the property r-f the C/nristrhurch Brick Co., to the exiens of ss. The police evidence with regard to one of them, who was ]4 year?, and 9 months of age, stated that lie lived with his grandparents, hut was quite out of control, and frequently stayed out until 1 o'clock in the morning. "When he was accosted by the police at his home, he cleared off across a fence, informing his grandmother that sl*6 would never see him again. Beside the fence he found the constable's bicycle', from which he removed the valves, and threw them away. A long chase ensued, and eventually the police ran him to earth amongst some scrub in Hagley Park. He refused to answer any questions, and persisted_ that he would not live at home again, so he was placed in tho charge of the probation officer. Both Iwys were convicted, their parents being ordered to pay costs, 2s 6d e.u-h, towards the cost of tho damage, and the pea-rifle was confiscated. In connexion with the same case, another boy was charged with the theft of 50 boxes of pea-rifle cartridges valued at £■>, the property of Messrs A-shbv. Bergh. and Co. One of the defendants in the previous case stated that he had bought the. cartridges from the present defendant for ]os. The boy was convicted and discharged, and an order was made for the return of tho cartridges.