THE POLICE AND BURGLARIES.

Evening Star, Issue 7472, 16 March 1888, Page 3

THE POLICE AND BURGLARIES.

TO THE EDITOR. Sin,—l sea by the Home papers that several hundreds of the worst class of di charged convicts have been sent out fioni the Home Country to tho Australi m cjlonie-, and hearing today that fevorjil robberies hax- been recently committed iti and around Du..cdin, although the public are not awaro of the fact on acconnt of the police foe obvious reasons declining to supply the Press with information, it sets one thinking There cannot be a doubt as to the advisability in the interests of the public, so as to put them on their guard. th*t information should bo supplied daily of any important or barefaced robbery. Tho police of the Home Country and Australia furnish the Press with the necessaiy information of robberies; but there is no doubt whatever that cottiin information ai to rohbories should not become public property. Where caso after cifo is reported, aul no interest whatever c*n be served in keeping th im quiet it is time that attention was draw* to the fact, in orJer to have it rrmeditd and the information nm'e public. In tho celeb cases of Naming and Lefroy, in London, for murder, but far the Press and the wide publicity given to the facts, the police would have fail' d in bringing the offenders to jutticc. Mr Gladstone recently said the newspapers were poweifu' aids in the detection of crime, and assisted materially In the administration of jus-tice-and he is quite right, -I am, etc., Adelaife Wilson.

Dunedin, March 16.