EXPORT OF CRIMINALS.
AMERICA'S PROBATION SYSTEM, By Tcleeraph—Press Association—Oopyriehl Sydney, September 5. The many recent robberies that havo occurred in Sydney_ aro attributed to American criminals. An American youth has been sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment for , snatching a bag containing .£2O. Cuttings from American nowspapors were read at. the trial, indicating that accused had been convicted for sticking up a saloon in California, and- that the Judgo had- imposed rt probationary sentence of fivo years, conditional that accused spent the term with am undo in Australia. The Crown Prosecutor declared tha| American Judges had a delightful way of sentencing prisoners to probation, which meant sending them out of the country. For some time past, apparently, they Lad been sending them to Australia.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1538, 6 September 1912, Page 5
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123EXPORT OF CRIMINALS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1538, 6 September 1912, Page 5
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