VAIN APPEAL
, two convicted robbers. v LENIENCY A MISTAKE. ;. (Received 9 a.m,) , • • 1 -SYDNEY, This Day. The. Chief Justice, Sir Philip Street, iii sonissinofappeals of two bank robbers against their sentences, commented on the increase of serious crime. He said--that this was a disquieting circumstance, but- while nobody wished to see excessive severity reintroduced, which at one time was. a-, reproach, to this country, the punishment in future would have to tit the crime, as leniency might sometimes bo . mispla'eod and might do more ham than good.
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Northern Advocate, 8 March 1930, Page 9
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87VAIN APPEAL Northern Advocate, 8 March 1930, Page 9
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