JUVENILE DELINQUENTS.
PRECOCIOUS FIRE-RAISERS. By Telegraph—-Press Association. Invercargill, Last Night. Two boys, aged nine and eleven, appeared at the Juvenile Court this morning, charged that on March 21 they set lire to some paper likely to Are the Middle School. Sergeant Simpson stated that the fire originated in a cupboard in the infant room. Defendants were seen, and admitted having entered the school at 10 o'clock that morning. They roamed over the building, squirting paint through tubes over the desks and floors. They also destroyed a number of school books, and bent forward the hands of the clock. After lighting a fire in one of the corners the younger lad opened a cupboard in which were kept books and children's sewing materials, and lit a match. The contents caught fire, and the delinquents being unable to extinguish the flames closed the doors. One of the boys then rang the fircbell, and the brigade arrived before much damage was done. His Worship said that the Act now allowed him to make parents pay for any damage done by their children. He would enter a conviction anil order the bovs' fathers to pay £3 10s each. ,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 275, 12 April 1913, Page 5
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194JUVENILE DELINQUENTS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 275, 12 April 1913, Page 5
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