NO CRIME

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 102, 4 May 1929, Page 21

NO CRIME

IDYLLIC CONDITIONS The idyllic conditions which prevail in two English counties were described before tho Police Commission, Viscount Lee of Farcham in tbo chair, recently, slates the London "Daily Telegraph." Mr. V. W. Colder, Chief Constable of Rutland, said there was very little crime in the county, and most of the offenders came from outside. The Chairman: "You arc a blameless county?—"We look upon ourselves as a virtuous county." The Chairman: "A most idyllic district. Xo offences and no complaints. Do they give white gloves to the Chief Constable every year?" .Mr. Colder: "I should have a large stock if they did. The force consisted of a chief constable, an inspector, two sergeants, and twelve constables." Mr. A. S. Michael, chief constable of Radnorshire, asked if thero were any special crimes in his district, replied: "No, tho Radnorshire people are very law-abiding, and there is not; a great deal of crime in the county." The last serious case they had was when a golf clubhouse was broken into. A liavfork was stolen. That was still being inquired into, and the matter was not yet cleared up. __ Rutland is the smallest, county in England. Lying between Lincolnshire, iWihamptonshire and Leicestershire, its rca is only IS miles by 37, and its population at tho last census ]S,3o\S. Radnor is in South Wales, and lies between Hereford and Cardigan. It is 430 square miles, with a population of U3,5"5.