Show pa pernicious EFFECTS OF CHEAP FICTION BOMB appropriate and pungent re marks were lately tely made upon the ow oer effects of cheap works of fiction depew of the supreme court the occasion was the of now new jersey conviction of a sixteen year old boy named robert fales of murder inthe in the after referring to the degree first the literature the boy had of nat nature ure accustom accustomed ed to read the judge bee been n said aid of one of these 1 I r never saw sal a copy novels until I 1 saw it during the trial of when several were produced the case 1 apparent arent that it is the most per pernicious ni rt ft is p AF literature aiters 1 tore that can possibly get of children I 1 am not into ant the hands bands would warrant of any law that aware indictment of any of the books that the but at the next term if I 1 I 1 here have seen books that come of those find any can I 1 shall ask of the law within the I 1 scope to indict I 1 find from information grand erand jury the that upward of twenty persons this city are engaged in the sale in of f this sort of ilera lLera ure ture and that it is if and sold old to boys and girls schoolboys schoolgirls and I 1 have also obtained an estimate from a 6 very authoritative source of the relative ages of persons who are for of brought before our police courts involving attempts to rob stealing tenses in and crimes of that character and I 1 aul wul 21 take the opportunity of mentioning the figures now persons charged with larceny combined with breaking and entering or entering with intent that is high crime under the age of 10 years so 80 per cent between 18 and 23 years 60 per gent t making 90 per pei cent over 23 10 cent for simple laro larceny eny which per involves the same grade of crine being petty or grand larceny according to the amount under 18 60 per cent between IS 18 and 23 30 per cent over 23 10 per cent cases of a simple larceny bein baine i considerably the most numerous it I 1 is safe to pay cay thai of the persons charged with some form of stealing over 60 per cent are under the age of 18 years every intelligent and upright citizen in the country shares the views of judge depew on this subject |