Borstal by Mistake
‘NO COURT IN ITS SENSES WOULF HAVE PASSED SUCH SENTENCE’ Lord Chief Justice, Lord Hewart, in the Court of Criminal Appeal, London, referred to an indictment which “ought never to have been drawn, and ought never to have been permitted.” ‘ The court quashed the conviction of j Samuel Carr (18), sentenced at Derby I to three years ftt a Borstal institution. * Lord Hewart pointed out that Carr I pleaded guilty to stealing a fowl and three eggs. He was indicted with three other persons, and the indictment, contained seven counts. Carr had nothing to do with the first three counts. “Lt is inconceivable that any court ' in its sense would have thought of passing a sentence ot imprisonment or Borstal on this lad for what he had ilone here,” added the judge.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 336, 18 January 1937, Page 7
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135Borstal by Mistake Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 336, 18 January 1937, Page 7
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