“BACKWARD MENTALLY”
MAORI YOUTH ADMITTED TO PROBATION TWO OFFENCES COMMITTED “It would seem that the girls were just as bad as you, perhaps worse,’’ remarked Mr. Justice Herdman in the Supreme Court this afternoon when admitting a native, John Ngaphi, to two years’ probation for attempted carnal knowledge of two Maori girls. Mr. N. V. Hodgson said the prisoner, who was a 19-year-old stable-hand, was somewhat backward mentally. The two girls concerned were nearly 1? and rather precocious. The prisoner did. not think he had done much wrong and, on learning of police inquiries, went voluntarily to the Police Station and admitted the* offences. In passing sentence his Honour said that in vieVv of the prisoner’s previous good character, he would give him a chance to redeem himself. The accused was ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution. THEFT OF CHEQUE Albert Joseph Vance Ryan pleaded guilty to the theft of a cheque for £2l 4s 7d and to uttering it and was remanded until Friday for sentence.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1036, 29 July 1930, Page 10
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