Law-abiding Women

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 124, 20 May 1932, Page 4

Law-abiding Women

The notable rarity of charges of serious crime against women in Wellington was the subject of comment by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, in his charge to the Grand Jury at the opening of the Supreme Court quarterly sessions. He remarked that the calendar contained only one case against a woman, charged with stealing £723 belonging to a Chinese. “In my own period on the Bench —it is now throe years —I have had only two women prisoners for trial,” added his Honour. “This case, if you find a true bill, will be the third.” Bird Smuggling. A novel attempt to smuggle Australian finches out of the country was reported last week to the Minister of Customs. Mr Gullett, at Canberra. A vessel was about to leave Darwin on a voyage to China. Customs officers noticed that a Chinese, .who was boarding the vessel, appeared to be wearing trousers which were unusually baggy in the legs." He was interrogated, and it was found that he was wearing two pairs of trousers, one pair being of an unusually large size. The pair which he was wearing underneath was fitted w#h a large number of pockets, and in these pockets he had concealed four dozen finches. The export of these birds from Australia is prohibited. ' •