THEFT CASES.
TOO MANY IN NEW ZEALAND
NO MORE PROBATION. Christchurch, July 21. “I think it is absolutely essential that it should be known by all persons occupying positions similar to the one that you occupied that they cannot commit theft and then come to the court and expect to be admitted to probation,” said Mr Justice Reed, in imposing sentence on a postal official, Edward Bryan Carter, aged 19, charged with the theft of a postal packet. His Honour said he had given the case a good deal of anxious thought, on account of the prisoner’s age, but had-come to the conclusion that it was not a case for probation. The crime of breach of duty was becoming very common in New Zealand. There was a great number of cases of stealing from the Government, and also from private employers. Prisoner would be detained for reformative purposes for twelve months.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2610, 24 July 1923, Page 3
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151THEFT CASES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2610, 24 July 1923, Page 3
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