SUPREME COURT.
DECREASE OF JUVENILE CRIME. REMARKS BY CHIEF JUSTICE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Nelson, Monday. 111 the course of his rfddress to the Grand Jury at the Supreme Court today, the Chief Justice referred to the decrease of juvenile crime in New Zealand. quoted statistics showing a general decrease of crime from 41.25 per 11)011 of the population in 1887, to 28.35 in 1912. He thought it was necessary for him to say this, because i»me seemed to think there was an increase in youthful crime. The decrease in crime shown could, he said, only be explained by our rational system of education. We now felt we were one community, one nation, and one national life, and the figures quoted showed that oar youths were far better than our fathers were, and were less criminal and less immoral. A great deal of this ■was attributed to the excellent system of education we had in our mid-it.
ALLEGED ARSON. Nelson, Monday. At the Supreme Court to-day a young man. Herbert Edward Whitford, charged with arson, and with making a false declaration was acquitted.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 209, 4 March 1914, Page 7
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182SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 209, 4 March 1914, Page 7
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