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RECOMMENDED BY JUDGE,
LONDON, October 27
“The violence and extreme youthfulness of criminals to-day vender the state of crime in Great Britain alarming,” writes Sir, Henry Dickens, son cf the novelist, and until recently a , Judge at the Old Bailey. , When Ke retired form his post cf Common Sergeant of the City of Londcn,Jie had held it for . ‘fifteen years, and his article in ‘‘The Times” records his experiences and the changes lie has witnessed.
‘‘Th© youngsters,” he says, “arid oft.su under twenty, and trade tipon their youth. They expect that, whatever the ©rime, they will be only bound over as first offenders.
!‘l believe that leniency is misapplied in. such cases. Judges mey be compelled to inflict severe salutary punishment, ■notably flogging with a birch, which ought to he adminste.red to erimnals who, refusing to earn an honest livelihood, prey on society by blackmail, hcld-ups, smash and gr-h raids and house-breaking. It was onlv flogging which eliminated garrotting.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1932, Page 6
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160FLOGGING Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1932, Page 6
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