YOUNG PRISONERS SENTENCED
Tiir>-<- young prisoners from Hastings (•aim- before Mr. .lustice Johnston for soutoni’r in the Supreme Court. Weliingt"i'. VvSbrdjiy. LaAvs.ni Alexander Elder. lal»our«-r, au<<i la. ami Noel Reginald GilHc>. cabinetmaker. aged 20. who had pb adetj guih.v a! Hastings 1<» whr<-lion>---br.-iiking ami theft, wcr • em'li admitted to probation for two tears. Gillies was ma|er>d to make fstiiulion of ‘JU ami inch was ordered to pay ‘J 1 c'<s(s. Hi.- Ihmour told the pri.sonors that there was no excuse for their behaviour. and were it not for the provision of probation for first otTondors in* would have sent, them tn jail. Mr. 'l'. A. Tarrant, who appeared for prisoners, said they had boon mates from an early age. and htid stolen the articles to furnish a slioh/'T they had secured. Both had been earning good wages. Danny Te Kaninnmii. labourer, aged ISA years, wlm had ph ad- <1 guilty !•< ihro“ Vi- ordered to Im driniimd in n I’.or-I.ii iii.-i i' i; ! jo is for two xear.-. Hi- lion >nr saiij it was obvioij- that prisoner hud \er.v little sense of responsibility, and as lie had no relations to control him Burstal discipline would, he the -liesi. thing for him.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 238, 5 July 1944, Page 8
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200YOUNG PRISONERS SENTENCED Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 238, 5 July 1944, Page 8
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