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MAGISTRATE LOATH TO SUPPRESS NAMES PART OF PUNISHMENT "I’ll do it this time, but not again,” declared Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., when asked by the female probation officer to suppress the name of a girl charged at the Police Court this morning with vagrancy. The magistrate said he recognised that it was unfortunate for the parents when the name of an offender had to be published, but advertisement was frequently the only deterrent, especially when girls were concerned. "If they know their names will not be published they don't care,” added Mr. Hunt. A domestic, aged 17, pleaded guilty to a vagrancy charge. Sub-Inspector Shanahan said the girl had come to Auckland from the country in January. She had been working for four months but, during the last six or eight weeks, she had been associating with all sorts of men and taking money from them. Accused’s mother had come to town to look after her. Major Gordon, the probation officer, asked that the girl be sent to Borstal. “I have had a talk with her, but she is a most unreasonable girl,” said the probation officer. “She is a first offender.” The name was suppressed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1001, 18 June 1930, Page 12
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