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There would have been no pre-service records pertaining any such criminal activity. As I said in my last, it was presented by the Magistrate as an "option" for consideration by the boy or parents to accept a period of service in the forces.
No records of this "option" being suggested would have been kept, and if military service was taken up, the boy would enter with a clean slate. (No names, no pack drill)
However, if the option was rejected, the likelihood of the boy reoffending meant that he would come before the same local Magistrate.
Imagegear (Old Capetonian)
