GRAVE OFFENCES
JUDGE STRESSES GRAVITY OF BREACHES OF LAW AND ORDER WELLINGTON, Monday. Some trenchant remarks on tho gravity of oITences against law and ordor in these troubleo.us times were mado by Mr. Justicc Blaiv in the Supreme Court, after having deliverod reserved judgment in thc cnsc against Mervyn Georgc Berry. Thero was no distinetion, said his , Honour, between mterfering with a ' police olficer, and a judgo or any other person, whose duty it was to maintain ordor and carry out tho laws oi' the land. Berry, notwithstanding the fact that ho was of good chai-act-er, had joined with the so-called rab"ble, had blindly followed, and was prepared to becomo one of those who sought to destroy the vex-y fabric of the maintenance of peace and order in the country. "I desire to impress upon everybody the real gravity of crimes of this nature, touching as they do the very vitals of the administration of ' justice." concluded his Honour. j His Honour said he had heard it . i stated that severe punishments should I not be meted out in these cases, but j 1 people who said that did not ap- 1 ; preciate the danger if such offences. were allowed to go unchecked,
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 278, 19 July 1932, Page 3
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203GRAVE OFFENCES Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 278, 19 July 1932, Page 3
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