"W'.en the Prisons Board last m-st at 31]vereari'iil,'' remarked the Chief Justice, Sir Itobert Stout, in the Appeal Court this week, "ivc had 187 cases before us, and many of these ireco prisoners lvho had still years of sentence to serve. We gave probation to many of those prisoners, for if a man is likely to do well we do not want to keep him in prison." Later on the Chief Justice said that the Borstal Institution at Invercargill was fitted up with a gymnasium, and the inmates had a, band, debating club, and other avenues for amusement and improvement. It was hoped to redeem a great many of the persons sent there.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17419, 1 April 1922, Page 18
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113Page 18 Advertisements Column 3 Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17419, 1 April 1922, Page 18
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