Sentences For Crime
Sir,—lt is surely time the public got some protection
from the courts. In Auckland not long ago in an attempted rape case Mr Justice Hardie Boys made the alarming statement that the maximum penalty fixed by the Legislature was 10 years, but he gave judgment for two and a half years, stating that that was what he had given for the last eight years; and evidently he intended still to do so. Yesterday’s evening paper had no fewer than 11 burglaries in Christchurch. If those offences carried a penalty of five years I would suggest they would stop overnight, the game not being worth the candle.—Yours, etc., J. June 10, 1966.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31089, 18 June 1966, Page 14
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114Sentences For Crime Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31089, 18 June 1966, Page 14
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