THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17116, 11 April 1921, Page 4

THE COURTS.

(Before. Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M.J DRUNKENNESS. A male first offender tor dtu«k*n'»&» w-as mied ss, an default 84 horns' ioyiiiaonmowt. "Wiliiam Richard Moon;, 60 yeans 'of ago, «? iiiied £l, in default 48 hour*' -inipviaonuient THEFT. Patrick Mangin was charged with t>»e theft of a pair of boots, valued at £1 is, the- proparty of John. AVilUam ©olhrn. It w-ia staled that accused had been drinkia;* l-eav-ily. Oi» ths charge of iihett he wjs admitted to proba-tnon for twelve months. cr<>ered to report weekly to the Probation Officer, and a prohibition order was isiiu'l ay-iirist him. Oa a further charge of helpless drunkenness ho was convicted and ordered tQ pay medical expenses aw.oun.UDg to 17b Cd. JUVENILE COURT. Two small boys, astd iw* and v.his years respectively, Appeared on two chaises of breaking and entering th» premises of Richard Potter, 325 Stannioio road, Richmond, on April 6th aud 7 th, and stealing' therefrom confectionery, 'oranges, mai'.c-hes, cigarettes, tobacco, and biscuits of a tot«l value of 13s S'i; also 7s 5d in money. ■ Inspector Hendry said that tlw boy.; were only small lads, but apparently they were very had hoy?. One wondered if the fault lay with the parents or the boy*. Both Jjoys had 'been before the Court previously *r n similar offence. They had been admitted to probation, hut had not made geed then' chance to redeem themselves. They had loft home one night and had akpt in :i shed on th<* Cashmere Hills. The parents had not reported the matter io tlie police, slmwitig; that they had not realised their responsibility to their children Thj mother of the younger boy s-nid that her child was a really good boy if lie were left alone. Ho was never out at nights, end did not go to the pictures. She intended to leave the town and tnko him away into tho country. She. attributed the present trouble to the influence of tlw other boy. The father of the elder boy said that his child was «. good hoy, but seemed «. little bit dull. He was very easily led, and had probably been Jed astray by tho other hoy Mr McCarthy: It's a- case' of mutual had influence. I have ci. duty to porfo.-m to these boys arid to the. public. It will be best to «md them to tho Receiving Home. If ithii gs improve you may get them back. At. eider for committal to ths Rccoiving Home was made in each caee, one boy to be brought up in the Church of England faith and the other .as a Seventh Bay Advcntist. For stealing a e locket, valued at £i 10s, the. property of Jone» Brothers, jewellers, High street, a- fifteen-year-old boy was •also committed to tho Receiving Home, to be brolisht up in tho Church of England faith. , . It was stated that itha boy; who hao. been employed by Messrs Jones Bros., had taken the locket «nd offered it for tale to a secondhand dealer Ho had been before tho Court twice previously for (theft, «wi tiad teen ad- | mittcd .to probation. •