APPLYING THE LASH.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 3 January 1913, Page 4

APPLYING THE LASH.

! Allusion was made by tho Chief Ju-s----j t.ico of Victoria last week, in the 'Criminal Court, to the use of the ! lash as a. deterrent from crime. Tho, [occasion was the sentencing of a mid-dlo-agcd man to two years' iinprisonj ment for <a,n assault upon what hn ; Honor termed "a girl baby," five years old. "There are some people in our midst," the Chief Justice ob- ' served, addressing the nceused, "who object to the use of "the la,sh upon criminals, on the ground that it has ■no restraining effect. I know that in , the ca.se of those who resort to gn.rr >fcing and to robbery by violence, it has been of use, both in Australia and in England, in lessening tho number of offences. In fact, in the ease of eer- ! tain persons there is really no other way of making them feel the enorn.itv of the offences they heave committed. , The crime you Lave been found guilty I of is becoming a never-ceasing nffroiu to this community. Girl children deserve them consideration of ever, ore ' who calls himself a man. Yet persons ; like you assault tl,,\r>!. Only the .)j] ; - jor day, because, of a. similar off/mo,. | an attemnt was made by persons in!terested in the case to 'tear a it;'in . to pieces." There can, indeed, be little wonder that the people should desire themselves to take n haul in the punishment of scoundrels l btviause of ■ deed,s of this kind." His Hone- eorj eluded, by stating that it wa,s n" '■e<I r;ary, in the interests of the commuI nity, that wich offerees should '•<> nut down with a strong hand. Ib» j imposed the additional puniduuent jon accused of "onoprlvat,- whipni]'!/ ]of ten strokes with, a cat-o'-nine-tails.