SENDING BAD CHARACTERS INTO THE COUNTRY.
[BY teli:orai-h.—press association.]
CHKisTcnußCfi, Thursday. At a meeting of the executive of the North Canterbury Farmers' Union some time ago, it was decided that the Minister for Justice should be requested to ask the stipendiary magistrates to discontinue the practice of sending objectionable characters to the count as they could not be kept under the surveillance of the police in sparsely settled districts, whilst women and children are in constant dread of violence from those characters. The Under-Secretary for Justice, in reply, states;—"l am desired by the Minister for Justice to inform you that he regrets he is unable to give instructions of such a nature to the stipendiary magistrates, as to do so would amount to an interference, with the administration of justice." It was decided to hand the correspondence to the press, the executive being of opinion that the Minister had not treated the subject with due consideration, seeing how bad the present system was for settlers in lon/ly places.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12069, 12 September 1902, Page 6
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