MASTERTON UNDER NO-LICENSE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10452, 18 October 1911, Page 6

MASTERTON UNDER NO-LICENSE

' No. 5. I NO-LICENSE AND CRIME. Closing the Liquor Bar reduces the Court Sittiugis by at east two-thirds. A striking contrast. A (fact, not a fake! In tlie six months ended June 30, 1908, (under license) there were 119 sittings of the Magistrate's Court for criminal business, and for the six months ended June 30, 1911, there were only 39, a redxiction of 80 sittings in six months. Comment is superfluous Second Year of No-license. Ma.jter.ton is justly proud of this re cord. Total criminal convictions recorded ■in Magistrate's Court for year ended June 30, 1911: Convictions for— Drunkenness 36 Vagrancy 1 Obscene language 5 Theft . 6 Burglary 3 Wilful damage to property ' 1 Assault 3 Breach of Peace 4 Breach, of Licensing Law 17 Breach of Prohibition Order 2 Prohibition Orders issued 4 Committals to Mental Asylum 12 Committals to lt-ee.-mig Home 3 Maintenance ca- u «N 3 Total 100 i Xo-liccnse has almost abolished crime and drunkenness in Masterton, as these Court records prove (years oi:ded Juno 30th): — ■'•'■• ' - o • ■ sJ . £ $ o ■■ <i> *• ini ■ u> o i c ;=: o 2 6 fc 3 K * * I « 11? „ -p ~ ~tn V ? 1 1 T O © —i r—l i—! .—I CI Cl CI l—l i-i r-l for— Drunkenness 287 41 36 Vagrancy 25 2 1 Obscene language 21 2 5 Theft 44 8' 6 indecent exposure .3 0 0 Malicious injury to (property 5 11 Obstructing or resisting police 12 2 0 Totals 397 56 49 NOTE.— With regard to die figures for drunkenness under No-lic-ense, it was proved' in Court that 26 1 of the arrested person?, were drunk when they arrived in town from adjoining electorates.