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Appendix to the Calendar - Bedford County Quarter Session, 5th January 1921 Young Offenders (16 to 21 years of age) Prevention of Crime Act, 1908, Section I. (1) (as amended by Section II, of the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914).

5th January, 1921

From: 1921 To: 1921

Addressed Clerk to the Peace Appendix to the Calendar Session Bedford County (Date) 30th June 1920 Young Offenders (16 to 21 Years of Age). Prevention of Crime Act, 1908, Section I. (1). (as amended by Section II. Of the Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914). “When a person is convicted on indictment of an offence for which he is liable to be sentenced to penal servitude or imprisonment and it appears to the Court: - “(a) that the person is not less than 16 nor more than 21 years of age; and “(b) that, by reason of his criminal habits of tendencies or association with person of bad character, it is expedient that he should be subject to detention for such term and under such instruction and discipline as appears most conducive to his reformation and the repression of crime; It shall be lawful for the Court, in lieu of passing a sentence of penal servitude or imprisonment, to pass a sentence of detention under penal description in a Borstal Institution for a term of not less that two years nor more than three years. “Provided that, before passing such a sentence the Court shall consider any report or representation which may be made to it by or on behalf of the Prison Commissioners as to the suitability of the case for treatment in a Borstal Institution and shall satisfied that the character, state of health, and mental condition of the offender, and the other circumstances of the case, are such that the offender is likely to profit by such instruction and discipline as aforesaid” Number & Name 1. Arthur Wallace Canderton Governor's Report Considered suitable. Age 19. Of criminal tendencies and associates bad from which it is desirable to separate him. This lad has had many chances to do well but has failed to take advantage of them, and I am of opinion that a long term under the Borstal System will be the best thing for him. (signed) Wm. Dobson Governor

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Canderton, Arthur Wallace,
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Bedford Shire Hall, Bedford Prison, Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914, Borstal Institutions, prisoners