DECREASE IN CRIME.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13336, 27 March 1911, Page 7

DECREASE IN CRIME.

MASTERTON CONGRATULATED BY SIR R. STOUT. (Per United Press Association.) MASTERTON, March 27. The sittings of the Supreme Court commenced at Masterton' to-day before Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, who congratulated the district on the progress it had made during the past 40 years, and the absence of any serious crime. Only one resident of the Masterton electoral district, has been convicted since July, 1909, namely, a Chinaman. In the Magistrate’s Court, too, criminal cases showed a decrease from 391 for 1909 to 191 for 1910. He knew of no other district in the colonies where there had been such a diminution in crime, and he congratulated the district on the fact. The Grand Jury found true hills in the following cases:- —Rex v Henry Walker,, housebreaking at Mangatainoka; Rex v Leo Barker, arson; Rex v Rank, Newman, Dixon,; mischief; Rex. v John Jackson, three charges of indecent assault.