THE DESTITUTE CRIMINAL

Shannon News, 26 February 1929, Page 2

THE DESTITUTE CRIMINAL

SCOPE IN DOMINIONS.

JUDGE'S IDEA,

Judge Atherley-Jones, of the Mayor's City of London Court in an article In a recent -issue- of the Empire Review, said: "The destitute criminal, released from captivity goes out into a cold unsympathetic world. He should be sent out to a new environment in the wide unoccupied expanses of our vast Empire. The ampiest scope for this purpose is afforded, and it is hard to believe that the Dominion people* would not afford the facilities for helping us." He add: "Women police are the product' of an eccentric desire to demonstrate their sex equality by aping men's tactics and functions.

"I have every sympathy with Judge Atherley-Jones' desire to give destitute criminals a chance in the'world," stated Mr. Bavin, Premier of New South Wales, in commenting on the Judge's remarks. "We have these in our own community, but I cannot think that it is part of the duty of the Dominions to undertake the reformation of criminals released from gaol in Great Britain," added Mr. Bavin. "We wan't migrants, but I hardly think it can be expected that we should encourage the immigration of destitute criminals released from gaol." The president of the Barnardo Homes (Sir Arthur Rickard) is emphatic that no one with any criminal tendency will be admitted to Australia through that movement. "Every possible precaution is taken to avoid such an occurrence," he said.