This Legislated Age . . .

It was well known that vodka had a very simulating effect. The defendants were suffering from the frustrations every young man suffered from in this legislated age. There is not much young men can do to get rid of the animal feelings they all have. A-freely admitted hitting the constable over the head with a milk bottle but denied hitting him from behind or when his attention was distracted.

—Mr. Stacey, defence counsel for two young men charged in the Magistrate's Court, Lower Hutt: "Dominion", 1958.

Just to prove that people today are no worse than their parents we offer you—