HORROR STORIES
AND INDECENT PICTURES JUDGE’S COMMENT ON MAGAZINE (F.A.) AUCKLAND. August 27. “ Ho lias born rending books of this kind, w bio it bo got from a lending library.” said -Mr Ackins, appearing Tor a youth, aged IT, who was before Air Justice Fair for sentence in the Supremo Court for an indecent assault which ho admitted. Counsel handed a copy of a magazine to the judge, remarking that it seemed incredible that such books were available to young people through a lending library. His Honour remarked that tins magazine seemed to be one of horror stories and indecent pictures, catering for a depraved ta t sto. It seemed that the time had come for the exercise of stricter supervision, and for rigidly prohibiting its circulation among young people. He admitted the prisoner to probation for two years, conditional on the payment of £lO costs, and ordered his name to ho suppressed. A police officer informed a reporter later that the importation of the magazine concerned was banned by the Aliuister throe years ago by arrangement with importing booksellers. There were, however, old copies of the magazine circulating among lending libraries.
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Evening Star, Issue 24284, 27 August 1942, Page 4
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192HORROR STORIES Evening Star, Issue 24284, 27 August 1942, Page 4
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