CRIME WAVE IN BRITAIN
UNPARALLELED SINCE W r AR LONDON, Feb. 15. A crime wave unparalleled since the war is. sweping Britain. Murders, safe blasting, mail robberies and hold-ups are vicing with general election news. Some quarters blame leniency for the crime wave. A London magistrate yestebday attacked the system of putting offenders on probation as an encouragement for them to continue committing offences. Already this year there have been 11 murders in Britain.I®*Three 1 ®*Three are unsolved. Seven of 4he victims are women, two were girls and one was a new-born child.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 105, 16 February 1950, Page 6
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93CRIME WAVE IN BRITAIN Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 105, 16 February 1950, Page 6
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