CAR CONVERSIONS AND PUNISHMENTS
Sir,—Recently a naval rating (aged 20) unlawfully converted a motor-car, which he later wrecked. It was a first offence, there were extenuating circumstances, and his parents offered to make good all damage. The sentence of the Magistrate, Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M., was three months’ hard labour. Details are given in “The Press” of Friday, June 28, of another conversion. Again, naval ratings were involved, and again the car was wrecked. There was no mention of restitution. .Esch rating was fined only £l5 by Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M. Yet Mr Ferner commented in the previous case that car converters “must realise they are bound for certain imprisonment.’ I submit: 1, that the conversion of a car is such a serious offence that in all cases the guilty party should be legally bound to make good any damage; 2, that it is equally important for the punishment to fit the offender.—Yours, etc., EQUITY. June 28, 1946. x
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24914, 29 June 1946, Page 5
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160CAR CONVERSIONS AND PUNISHMENTS Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24914, 29 June 1946, Page 5
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