CRIME IN SYDNEY
SHOCKING CASES ASSAULTS AGAINST CHILDREN DEMAND FOR INCREASED PENALTY (By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright.) (Rec. 8.40 p.m.) Sydney, March 26. Sydney has been horrified during the past few days by two gross assaults on children. In the first instance a girl of ten years en route to school was dragged into some scrub, her assailant threatening to knife her unless she accompanied him. There is such a public outcry that the Government is offering a reward of £5OO for the apprehension of the assailant. The second case concerns a girl of thirteen living in a widely separated suburb who was the victim of a similar attempted outrage, but her screams attracted assistance. In the latter case a youth was arrested. Two similar crimes in succession aroused a public outcry and a demand for more drastic punishment for this class of offence which since the abolition of capital punishment has been very prevalent.—A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 20447, 27 March 1928, Page 5
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155CRIME IN SYDNEY Southland Times, Issue 20447, 27 March 1928, Page 5
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