STOWAWAY’S CRIME
COMMITTED TO BORSTAL “The law is so absolute now that it does not matter if a girl looks cannot be interfered with except with peril. It would be an eye-opener to some youths to understand this.” This declaration was made by Mr. Noble-in the Supreme Court today, in pleading for Albert Ernest Austin, aged 19, who appeared for sentence on a charge of carnal knowledge. Counsel asserted that had the girl been four months older prisoner would not have had to face the charge. Austin had only recently arrived in New Zealand from Australia, and had not previously been before the court in this country. Counsel suggested that prisoner should be admitted to probation. His Honour remarked that he could not understand why the girl had accompanied Austin on a walk during which the offence was committed. Austin had arrived in New Zealand only recently as a stowaway, the judge added. It was a clear case, without any excuse or extenuating circumstances.
Austin was committed to the Borstal Institute for a period not exceeding two years.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 735, 7 August 1929, Page 1
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178STOWAWAY’S CRIME Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 735, 7 August 1929, Page 1
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