BAD INFLUENCE OF MOVIES
PLEADED IN CRIMINAL CASE JUDGE DISPOSED TO AC4REE. *' v Telegraph.—Press —Copyright. SYDNEY, November 26. David Alien, who was found guilty of manslaughter, following the death of James Riddell Burgess during a street quarrel, was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment, but the sentence was suspended under the First Offenders’ Act. Tho judge remarked that he accepted the accused’s counsels contention that Burgess was influenced to some extent by pernicious picture shows, at which lawlessness was presented as something to be admired, and. where men who used revolvers and knives were held up as heroes. He an id that these circumstances connected with picture shows were having on otil influence on tho youth of the country.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12615, 27 November 1926, Page 8
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118BAD INFLUENCE OF MOVIES New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12615, 27 November 1926, Page 8
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