USE OF THE LASH.
. * A GRAND JURY'S RECOMMENDATION. (By T*lei;riph—Prcsß Associatioa.) Auckland, May SO. Although the criminal calendar of cases set down for hearing at the Supreme Court this session is comparatively light, the fact that a fair proportion of the cases comprise assaults on children made a strong impression •on the Grand Jury, which handed to Judge Sim the following presentment this evening:— "The Grand Jury view with the greatest alarm the many charges for offences against young children, and would respectfully bring under the notice of your Honour Hie necessity of most severe punishment being meted out to the offenders, either by long severe reformative sentences iii the case of degenerates, or by ordering the lash in cases of a wilful character."
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1445, 21 May 1912, Page 4
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124USE OF THE LASH. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1445, 21 May 1912, Page 4
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