POLICE BUSINESS.
THE EPIDEMIC OF DESERTERS. Edwin Crawlov was charged with bavins, on .Tune 12, 1011, absented hiniFelf without leave from the steamer Delphic, they lving at Dunedin. Chief Detective Brober? said that Crawley had been employed on t.Uc oceangoing steamer Delphic as second cook and bak»r nt JES a month. After harms; deserted; he hail taken a somewhat similar post on the coaslal vcs.-el Storm it .IT2 a month. The reason why seamen deserted from the oversea voxels was that lliey received higher wanes on the New Zealand coaslal traders. Dr. M'Arlhur remarked that flic only way to ston this frequent desertion was to'make the penalties heavy, lie sentenced Crawley to 11 days' imprisonment. DID HE AUSCOND? Arthur Joseph Wicks who had l.ecii allowed bail respecting a. ehanre lhal ho had commitled a certain itidtclable olroiice, was charged with having bc.-n alxiut to abscind from bail fur Ihe 1»»'-pe-e of avoiding just ice. Or M'Arlhur observed that llr.lliddell S.M., had presided during the beanie; of the charge againsl Wicks and li would be well that .Mr. Hiddell should deal with Ihis iiiatlcr 100. lie remanded Nicks till March Rl:
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1387, 13 March 1912, Page 3
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190POLICE BUSINESS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1387, 13 March 1912, Page 3
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