SUPREME COURT.
Per Press Association
Wellington, February
Bupert Kellow, convicted of an un natural offence, came up for sentence this morning. Mr Justice Cooper said the case had caused him and the Chief Justice much anxiety. Prisoner was only 15, and to send him to gaol would mean the absolute dcstruet ; on of his! future welfare, while to send him to a reformatory was undesirable. His Honor spoke at some length of lecret vice amongst boys, who were unaware of the full extent of their wrong-doing, and nrged upon parents the duty of making the lads acquainted with those natural laws the neglect of which in many cases destroyed health, sense, and morals. In admitting prisoner to probation, His Honor said he was taking an unusual course, but he would impose speeial conditions. The probation was for a period of six years, prisoner was to report to the police weekly, not to be out after 7 at night, and the boy's father was to pay the eosts of the prosecution and enter into a bond for £2OO.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 21 February 1907, Page 3
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177SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 21 February 1907, Page 3
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