DRINK AND CRIME.
NEW PLYMOUTH, May 13 In his charge to the grand jury at the Supreme Court to-day, his Honour the Chief Justice referred to tho amount of crime directly traceable to drink. He said at least one-third of tb© crime in New Zealand was a direct result of the drinking habit, and he thought the people wer 6 dead to ill sense of humanity towards their fellows in not stopping drinking, by which some of the best men of tho country were brought to crime. He also was amazed that in the midst of a terrible war poople should continuo to spend money on drink and pleasures, leaving all tho sacrifice to b<? made bv tho men who had gone to tho front.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16211, 14 May 1918, Page 6
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