PROBATION OVERDONE.
OPINION OF A MAGISTRATE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, August 24. When sentencing Lienel Ernest Hinton to 21 days’ imprisonment for the theft of cigarettes valued at 28s from a vessel in port, Mr. Poynton, S.M., said he was afraid probation was being overdone. It was a good thing when it gave a man a chance to make good again, but not when it encouraged a man to steal on the chance of getting probation. He would not give probation for certain offences, for instance, the theft of luggage, which caused great inconvenience and distress, and thefts of ships’ cargo, which discredited honest men., and the great majority of waterside workers were honest. In the case of fines the thief steals more to pay the fine, in the same way as the sly-grog seller stimulates his illicit business to pay his fines, and the gambler gambles more feverishly. In the present case he imposed a light penalty, as the man had been good for some years.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1922, Page 5
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167PROBATION OVERDONE. Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1922, Page 5
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