POST-WAR CRIMES
A GRUESOME REPORT TENDENCY TOWARDS KILLING INCREASED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrisht Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 7, 8 p.m.; LONDON, May 3. Discussing recent experiences at Scotland Vard, .Sir Novil Macready states that the war has left an increasing tendency to violent crimes of a new ,ype. The burglar, after four years' experience of killing, shows indifference alike to life-taking and for personal safety. A quarrelsome husband who, before the war, was content to clip his wife under the ear, now used an iron bar or anything else handy for flooring her. Sir Nevi.l Macready foresees an increase in murders of women
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10274, 8 May 1919, Page 5
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105POST-WAR CRIMES New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10274, 8 May 1919, Page 5
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