SUPREME COURT
CRIME IN MANAWATU,
COMMENTS BV THE CHIEF JUSTICES. ■ (Per United Press Association.) WANGANUI, May 27. At. the Supreme Court, Jeffrey Johnson, fur theft of LGO at Marlon, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Sir Robert Stout commented on the number of thefts recently, particularly the wave of crime in the Mansivatu district. It appeared that either the police had affected a "go-slow” polity and were not doing their duty, or some people regarded thieving u.s a thing that was not wrong. He believed the police would do their best lo stop this thieving, but no arrests had been made. Oscar Strangcoy, already declared an habitual criminal, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for breaking gaol at Wanganui, and to two years for theft of jewellery, the sentences to be concurrent. He was declared an habitual criminal
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Southland Times, Issue 18833, 28 May 1920, Page 4
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138SUPREME COURT Southland Times, Issue 18833, 28 May 1920, Page 4
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