INCENDIARISM
A CORONER'S STRICTURES.
Press Assn—By telegraph—Copyright • (Received January 12, 9.40 a.m.)
SYDNEY, This D,ay. The Coroner at Murrumbarrah, in returning a verdict of incendiarism at the inquest on the fire which occurred' on January 2, declared he Could not make a committal. He could only say "wilfully set on fire." Many such cases in the past year were the result of overinsurance. Another reason making the subject difficult to cope with was the sympathy shown by juries with criminals.
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Bush Advocate, Volume XXIII, Issue 309, 12 January 1912, Page 5
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80INCENDIARISM Bush Advocate, Volume XXIII, Issue 309, 12 January 1912, Page 5
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