INCREASE IN CRIME
JUDGE REED’S COMMENT [ Per Press Association. 1 NAPIER, Aug. 5. At the Supreme Court this morning Mr Justice Reed commented on the increase in crime in Hawke’s’Bay at a time wlicn a reduction was being shown in other districts. He commented that sheep stealing appeared to be on the increase. The Judge referred to the case in which John Walker, of Hastings, is .charged with manslaughter as very' sad. This was a case where a young man was accidentally killed by the discharge of a rifle which was pointed at deceased. Anothei manslaughter case dealt with the charge against a married woman, Frances Lorrgan, of Hastings, in •connection with the death of a young woman. A peculiar case was a charge against a prisoner O’Donnell, of Hastings, of making a false statement over the telephone in connection with the attempted murder charge against Phyllis Marshall. The .Judge said that he would offer nu coniine n t.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19350806.2.70
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 182, 6 August 1935, Page 7
Word Count
159INCREASE IN CRIME Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 182, 6 August 1935, Page 7
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in