A JUDGE’S EXPLOITS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 20 September 1928, Page 3

A JUDGE’S EXPLOITS.

WHOLESALE ARRESTS ORDERED. INQUIRY INTO DEATH OF A YOUTH. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.! BERLIN, Sept. IS. ( The exploits: of Judge iS'tahlberg a-t Teudamni, Bandenburg, recall the “off with his head” scene in Alice in Wonderland. <The judge, who is relatively youthful and inexperienced, was' sent"t'o investigate the death of a voutli found drowned in a lake after a quarrel with his brother tvt a wedding. Impressed with -the responsibility qf his task, Stahlberg arrested the entire wedding party, including -the newlymarried. pair, the parents of the bride, the bridegroom’s father and the dead man’s fiancee, accusing them of doping the dead man and throwing him in the lake. Feeling the judge’s .methods were open to criticism, the burgomaster lodged a complaint just in time as the ardent criminal investigator, scenting danger, ordered the arrest of the burgomaster and the chief of police toil suspicion that, -they also were implicated in the conspiracy. The local -police, however, refused to execute the warrant, giving -their superiors- time to supersede Stahlberg, who has been ordered to take prolonged leave. of absence to recuperate his health. All .the accused were released, as it was proved the youth committed suicide.