MORALS OF MAORIS
PARENTS CENSURED
JUDGE POINTS TO DANGER
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, This Day.
The opinion that Maori councils and other authorities should take steps to see that girls and young men are not allowed to share the same rooms was expressed by Mr. Justice Fair in the Supreme Court today when George Moses, a young Whakatane Maori, appeared before him for sentence for unlawful carnal knowledge. The girl was twelve years of age. In several cases similar to the one before the Court, said the Judge, there had been evidence of young people of different sexes sharing the same room. In such cases the parents of the girls were gravely to blame in allowing such conditions to continue. "Maori councils and other authorities should take steps to ensure that such things do not take place," said his Honour. "Parents must recognise the danger of allowing young girls to be exposed to, such risk. All those circumstances do hot excuse the young man, who is a good deal older than the girl. The object of the law is to protect the morals and future happiness of these young girls."
The accused was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 35, 10 August 1936, Page 11
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