WHITE GLOVES FOR JUDGE.
SOUTHLAND’S FREEDOM FROM CRIME. Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, Aug. 6. At the opening of tho_ Supreme Court, the Sheriff (Mr A. E. Robbie) reported to Air Justice Kennedy that there were no hills for presentment to the Grand Jury, and lie presented His Honour with a pan; of ■white gloves as a symbol of tbe freedom of the district from serious The Judge said it was good to learn that there was no criminal business for this sitting and he congratulated Southland upon what appeared to be, and what was, freedom from serious Cl Thfe is the first time, in ten years that there have been no criminal cases or cases for sentence at the quarterly session.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 212, 6 August 1940, Page 7
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121WHITE GLOVES FOR JUDGE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 212, 6 August 1940, Page 7
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