INCENDIARISM.
RESUW OF OVER.INSURANCE. JURIES' WITH CRIMINALS. Bj Telegraph.— Preii AuoeiaMon^CopyrigiiV (Received January 12, 9.40 a.ni.j SYDNEY, This Tay. The coroner at returning a verdict of- incendiarism at the inquest on the flro which occurred on 2nd January, by which six shop* were destroyed, declared that he could not moke a committal. He could only nay <f Wilfully set on fire." Many such cases in .the pa&t year were the result of over-insurance. ' > Another reason for making it difficult to cope with such cases was the ry.npathy shown by the juries with criminals. , !
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 10, 12 January 1912, Page 7
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93INCENDIARISM. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 10, 12 January 1912, Page 7
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