ONLY MURDER MORE SERIOUS
—Presfi Association
By Telegraph-
JNLW PLYJMOLTH, Nov. TI. ! Discussing refereuces to soxual otl'ences between males in the book re-' centiv published in New Zealand, tlie' Hon. Mi. Justice Pair told the grand* jury at New Plymouth today that the onlv proper attitude towards this class; of offence with boys was, as held by' publie opinion, that it was abominabie| and coiiteinptible. His Honour des-i cribed it as more serious than any other tvpe of crime gxcept that of murder. | "In tlie book which was published by a person wlio purports to review thei crimiual law of New Zealand, there was tlie suggestion that this tvpe of olfence; was not as serious as it was sc^netimes! regarded, and" said 11 is Ilonour, "in the writer's view appareutly to somej extent it was to be pardoned. Such a view was entirely in conliict with the. genoral opinion of the conununity aud the pourt 's. Tlie practice was destruc- 1 tive of all decent and normal relation-! ships between young men and young' women and it weakened the nioral char- ' acter of the boys concerned. If prac-l tised over a period of time it made them| ■effeminate and weak minded and produced. bad eitizcns in everv way. So , you see' that publie repugnance isi founded on sound grounds," His Hon- : our observed. |
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 November 1946, Page 2
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