CAR CONVERSION
DECREASE IN NUMBER SHOWN
MORE SEVERE PENALTY URGED
AUCKLAND,.. .October, 17,
A welcome' feature of ’ the annual police report' is-the revelation of a reduction -in the number of cases of illegally converting motor-cars ?.nd horses. Last year, the number of these offences reported to the police was 717, a decrease of 65 on the previous year. The number ,of convctions secured was 484, all these being men, with one exception. In the case of twenty-eight men and one woman, the cases were dismissed. , Some comment on the situation is made by iSuperintendent S'. Till, officer in charge of the Auckland district, who states that it has been suggested that the penalty for the misappropriation of motor-cars should be made more drastic. He points out, however, tint the courts do not, in 50 per cent of the cases dealt with, impose the maximum penalty as it now stands. “If persons with a tendency to these offences' knew that they would receive the full penalty of three months’ imprisonment if detected, it would probably have a deterrent effect,” adds Superintendent Till.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 October 1933, Page 6
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181CAR CONVERSION Hokitika Guardian, 18 October 1933, Page 6
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