JUVENILE BEFORE THE COURT
\ln the Juvenile Court yesterday bcfijr^.H.r E. Pagp.,.£ M... a boy aged..l.6£ years was charged with stealing sums of £5, £1 and 30/- a"- various tim'-' frpin a storo on tin Hutt Eoad. Th, storekeeper .-.^.teii thsi: he had mis... .'<^ r.ionny and had kept a watch. He saw . th*- boy rome i»:i, the shop and steal £l! from the tilJ, and when he was taken tojl^ tho police station he admitted other ihiifts. The father said he could'not understand the p-.uliar disposition of the boy as there was no necissity for him to steal, and he has since promised his father that he will stop- this practice. :.Ir Page told the boy that he could be sent to pmon fcr these crimes. If you discontinue this stealing you will probably become a reputable citizen added the Magistrate. Tho boy wa? committed" to the care v of tho ChTln'roM-'s Welfare Officer, and1' ' an order -wa> niade for his father to re- . furd the monej- ttlren.
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Hutt News, Volume 1, Issue 1, 25 May 1928, Page 2
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168JUVENILE BEFORE THE COURT Hutt News, Volume 1, Issue 1, 25 May 1928, Page 2
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