LARRIKINISM IN SYDNEY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2544, 19 August 1893, Page 3

LARRIKINISM IN SYDNEY.

Another luquest was held at Liverpool recently on the body of a man named Charles Campbell, who died from injuries received in a fray from a number of larrikins. Campbell had been playing euchre with a member of a larrikin " push" for drinks. One of these named Ward, having lost, refused to pay, and then insulted and challenged Campbell to fight. After several rounds had been fought, Ward, finding he was getting the worst of it, rushed at Campbell when he was down, and stabbed him in the right temple. Campbell died some hours after. The evidence showed that there had been a standing feud between Campbell (who belonged to a respectable family) and Ward's -"push." A verdict of wilful murder was returned against Ward. A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Sydney and a number of prominent residents, were told by the .Premier on Saturday, that to overcome the "push" evil'the provisions of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act, which sanctioned flogging for such offences as the "pushes" were guilty of, would be rigidly enforced. To' prevent the gaols being regarded as pleasurable resorts, prisoners under twenty-five were to ba fed on bread and water, and to sleep on a plank, while those over that age were to sleep ten days out of fourteen on a plank, and have the same regimen. He added that he hoped the police would use the arms given them effectually on the bodies of persons who deliberately set law and order at defiance, and rendered life unbearable. This statement has special significance in view of the recent arming of the police with revolvers.