LITTLE SERIOUS CRIME.
POSITION IN INVERCARGILL. Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, Aug. 10. A verdict of guilty on both charges was returned by a jury in the Supreme Court to-day in a case in which Robert Fowler, aged 55. was charged with serious offenccv. He was remanded for sentence till Thursday. In his address to the grand jury, Mr Justice Kennedy said he was glad to be able to tell them there was ample evidence that there had been little serious crime in the district during the past three months. “I say that because during the past quarter no prisoners have been committed to the Supreme Court for sentence in this city upon pleas of guilty, and because there is only one charge in which a person has been committed for trial,” he' said. “In many districts, but not in all, a diminution in the number of eases of serious crime for trial lias recently been observed. While this district has not got a clean sheet, it is satisfactory to find that crime here has also diminished. It is gratifying to see that there has beeen since last criminal session but one charge of crime serious enough to engage the attention of this court.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 215, 11 August 1937, Page 8
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203LITTLE SERIOUS CRIME. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 215, 11 August 1937, Page 8
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