THE POLICE FORCE.

Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 2, 3 January 1924, Page 3

THE POLICE FORCE.

1 A HEAVY YEAR'S WORK. NOTABLE MURDER TRIALS. , _ CRIMINALS DEALT WITH. cvo T n , tf,,T Oar j "f ended has been a very cakJmr^'H 0 "- thOr,, llas bco " thp "snal cakneUr of criminal ease s in all the four centres, as well as a heavy list of Magistrates , Court work. The task £Ltf ardians of law and order during 1!»2J was no mean one. The Trial of Cooper. The trial of Daniel Richard Cooper for murder, a sensational ease which will go down i n criminal history !l8 the most notable , mc to date in Sew Zealand, occasioned the officers in charge many anxious iiionx-nts and miieh . hard work, in this connection Inspector Mcllveney and Senior-Detective Lewis both of whom have since received wellmerited promotion, did particularly fine work. The Cooper affair, when the opening investigations wer c initiated, did not promise to reveal the astounding re--1 suits which wen- eventually brought jto light through the instrumentality of the officers in charge at Wellington, and their assiduous assistants. Another Murderer Hanged. The investigations which led to the apprehension of John Tuhi. though by no means as irksome and diflicult. still occasioned a good deal of anxious thought. Tuhi did not leave the scene of his foul deed at Johnsonville, but remained on Knight's farm, in the habitat iof his murdered employer. Both Tuhi (and Cooper paid the full penalty of j their crimes at the Terrace Gaol in WelI lington during the year. It is indeed care that two executions have taken place in one New Zealand city in one year, though it will bjs recalled as far back as 1569 this was the case. Haynes Brought to Justice. At Dunedin the police, after many unsuccessful attempts, eventually had the chemist Haynes apprehended, and lie is now serving a sentence of Fevcn long and weary years for carrying or. Ibis nefarious practice as an abortionist. j Having faced many criminal trials, the band of Justice was at last too strong for him, and he is now dispensing at the Terrace Gaol in Wellington. Coldstreatn and Other Cases. The Christchurch police during the year had to deal with the Coldstream murder ease, wherein a. lad named Kissel, eventually declared to be insane, was found guilty of murdering a man many years his senior. In addition there has been much in the way of necessary investigation work, notably that arising out of the recent murderous assault case at Wanganui. The police still have that matter i under consideration. The reward lias been increased. When the average citizen sees the man in blue directing the street trallfe, or ambling along on his beat, little does he realise the debt of gratitude lie owes him. The policeman is worthy of every respect. It is his duty to maintain the law and uphold it, and he performs that task faithfully and well.