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BRITISH CRIMINAL STATISTICS
BURGLARIES SHOW AN
INCREASE
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Rroby, April 135. Reviewing criminal statistics dur ing House of Commons debato- on the Home Office vote, Sir Hor- bert, Samus, Home Secretary, said the public mind had recently been disturbed by an increase in certain classes of crimes and certain einsson' of criminals,
The worst cases of prime show ing an increase were burglaries and breaking in, and in London the increase in these had risen from three thousand in 1913 to eight thousand in 1931, y
Smash-and-Grab Raids, As for so-called smashed and grib raids, there were 10 in 1920 ja the Metropolitan area and 20 1930: In 1933, there were 3 and from May to November the figure. was 16. In the month of January this your, the flare had risen to 20, in February tra 20, and in March to 31. The figure was now about three times as high as seven or eight years ago. This was, a master which rightly gave rise to much
concern,
War.. 2,;.
KREUGER AND TOLL NEW SHAKESPEARE
DEVELOPMENTS
THEATRE
THREE DIRECTORS ARRESTED
TO BE OPENED BY THE "PRINCE OF WALES
STAGGERING" REVELATIONS
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Buger, April 15.
PRESS
ASSIZE COURT
CHEE
SCENE AT END OF TRIAL.
BLACKMAIL CHARGE ACQUITTAL
An astonishing insident marked The now Shakespearo Momorial the close of a trial at Birmingham Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon will Assizes on March.7 when a man a he opened on April 23 by the Princedused of blackmail was noquitted for Wales":
As soon as the verdiet had been
STOCKHOLM, April 18. Investigations into the affairs of Kreuger and Toll produced, à dra- matie dovekipament to-day whon As a luncheon Shakespeare'a im-announced, the sound of cheers police executed warrants for the mortal memory will be proposed by coming from the high gallery at arrest of throo of the directors. tbo veteran Shakespearean actor, the back, and from seats near the The men taken into custody were Sir Frank Bonado, other speakers dook, filled the court: Some peoples Messrs. Lang, Huldt and Hom being Mr Stanley Baldwin and stood up and clapped vigorously. and they will be charged with fal the Fronch and American AmbasWhat are the police doing "nak," Hifying the balance sheet and profitsadors. It is unticipate that aller Mr. Justice Wright. I will not and less nespunt so is to give the the leading countries will be reper allow such an exhibition to take impression that the position of the companies was more favourable
added, place in this court. His lordship "Thore ought to be some than it was in reality.
polics here to kaop order. Clear the court at once."
The auditors, Mesara. Price, Waterhouse and Company, as a re- sule of their further study of the books? report that the irregular ties in the accounts of the Kreuger Combine started no far back as 1025.
The preliminary report indicated serious manipalations in 1980.
Dummy Companios......
Later.
In regard to murders, a compara, tively small number of very shock. ing crimes had taken pince recently," | but the impassion that there shad been a wave of murderous crime | The charges against Lange, Huldt was incorrect, and the figure for and Holm allege that as directors.. last year was slightly below pro-they assisted the late M. Ivar Kreuger who committed suicide in Paris) in the committal of extraitial acts by the manipulation of the accounts, and acted as directors of obscuro companies formed with the object pf rendering possible frhudulent cross-transfors between the different companies and thus conconling the true positiin.
Only ten of 100 murders; last year Woke unsolved.
Juvenile Crime,
Thero was an increase in 1630 in juvenile rime, but although this was, auch to be, deplored, it did not indicate any grave sudden. change and was still considerably less than pre-war.
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Garanta
sented.
will be recited at the opening per
An Ode" by the Poet Laureato formance in the theatre, when both party of Honry the Fourth will, be given.
The new theatre is of striking appearance and is specially equip ped for play production..
S'HAI SCOTTISH CARRY ON.
A SCOTSMAN WHO GAVE
A DINNER
"
THE WINDY SECTOR CELEBRATION,
od.
The court was immediately clear.
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The base was one in which Bert Hayes, 47, a Smethwick orang driv ver, pleaded not guilty to demand- ing £100 by menaces.": "
Question of an Initial.
In the police court proceedings, proscoutor had been referred to nat Mr. "B" and Smethwick market, was mentioned a
Mr. Finnemore prosecuting, aug- gested that the prosecutor should be called Mr. "X"
Mr. Douglas Jenkins, defending, now said that a competitor at that market whose name also began with The Shanghai Scottish wore enter a
Mr. Babbington-had tained to dinner at the Cusanova been seriously affected in business. wherewithal for the occasion, both owing to this case.. Coté last Friday evening, the solids and liquids, being, as the His lordship remarked that it Police Co-operats With Experts.
menu reminded the participants. should be known that Mr. Babbing
given by a Seotsthan," who was Notable among the tendencies at
Tanova ran's AGENCY.] none other than Mr. O M. Bain, ton had nhaolutely nothing to do work to diminish orjme was the
popularly accepted by the unit as with the matter. STOCKHOLM, April 10: general social improvement that
their Father.!! The arrest of Messrs Lange, partly designed to make the men so The occasion Ras had occurred in the last two gen Huldt and Holm, directors, is the happy that they would guarantee erations, Few crimes were comminating sensation in the recont mitted now by elderly people.
to turn out at full strength for Krauger and Toll developments. Referring to criminals of 20 to 30
the General Inspection-which they Lenge ix Etia accountant and would have done in any case,, if years old, who very largely on director of
The Judge: There was a famous tributed to the present increase in Amsterdam; and Huldt director of father to the Company--and partly Mr. Finnemore said that prisoner Company only to support their O.C., & real case where Mr. "A" was referred to indictable offences, Sir Herbert sajd Nederlanska Bank and Scandin-ns some slight reward for their and his wife had been caretakers of they represented a big problem?
avian Commerce, "Amsterdam. Effect of War.
It is now revealed that sinec 1999 wonderful devotion to duty in the Kreuger and Toll issued shares and recent troubles and their gallant promises occupied by Mr. "X" In defence of Windy Sector, despite 1930 Hayes and his wife, separated dred million kroner; Swedish tiles, and various stray shots which Jebentures, totalling over nine han the two aerial bombs, 312 projec and Mr. " then showed friend- Match Company four hundreð! million, and International Match the Police avar passed over the ship and kindness, and gavda good Corporation three hundred and
deal of help to the wife... fifty million.
Of course, there were some few On three occasione during the last others concerned in the defence, The police, for ametime, have but then they cannot find anyone to two years Hayes had assaulted Mr. A further cause was the motor mittes of exports investigating into three brase hats, who were amongst followed him to his business ad been co-operating with the com-give them a dinner, and, besides," On many occasions be had car, which had given facilities for the Kronger and Toll affairs. the commission of certain crimes,
the distinguished visitors, publicly dress and generally had harassed! " and, on the other hand, had led to The Garantz Company
declared that the Scottish were the spreading out the urban popa-
marvellous; and the fourth distin- him: lation,
Staggering revelations relating to guished guest, Mr. George Hogg, Counsel read letters which Hayes As to the cinema, his expert ad the alleged cocked accounts, theso saif so, and he ought to know, was alleged to have written. In visers were of opinion that it confictitious Government contracts, being President of St. Andrew's one occurred the phrase "I have duced more to the prevention than and the forged scrip of the Kreuger
Society. Private Oxley Cumming not forgotten your breaking into the to the commission of crime by keep und Toll group, were contained in also said so, and he, too, ought to house, stealing my furniture and ing boys out of mischief.
the indictment against Lange, know, because he was |Haide and Holm.
with the taking charge of another man's Scottish all the time.
wife." Another letter stated, "You tried to forca har to leave home," and asked for a settlement.
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The war was to a large extent responsible for them taking to criminal ways, for at the impres sionable time of their youth discip line waa lax owing to the absence of fathers: Is was partly due to the extreme economic depression.
DRUNKENNESS A "LOST ART.”
LORD BIRKENHEAD AND THE “TRADE.""
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Drunkenness, in this country is spent fores, or, if I may express it more delicately, I should say it iu a lost art.”
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LÁTHIL
Scottiak bonneta
تو کر
The Garante Company, of which
Everything Complete.. Lango le a director, was acquired- in 1925 for the purpose of mani- Mr. Joseph S. Krematein served pulating, taxation and was supposed dinner which almost caused him to have boon obtained from the to be elected an honorary member Polish Government on a contract of the unit, and when the mighty for the retail sale of matches, but lungs of Sergt. Davis Purves led the contract apparently did not the Company in song, ancient and exist, and no sales were carried out, modern, mine host therely sent for Lange, it is sentad, has admitted a megaphone through which to can that as far as he know the Garanta tinue directions to hip stall and de- Company never posessed the sums claned that he was enjoying the appearing in the balance sheet.
affair as much as anyone? The ad- miring mademoiselles provided ap- propriate decorations, and Private Freddie's wonderful menu card did the rest.
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"You Want to Ball Wife." To this Mr. "X" replied: "When you ask for a settlement, if you will admit it, you want to sell your wife. Why don't you ask for it! Why not put a price on her and have done with it
Hayes, it was stated, replied "What I meant by a settlement is you have got my wife and children and are supporting them and stilį; taking them out in the car. If you agree to give me another start, and the agrees to stay where she is, 1 shall have to forget it all When ir "X" asked Hayes what he wanted he said he wanted £100; ad- ded Mr. Finnemore.
This was said at the annual dinner of the Licensed Victuallers'
Plotitious Book-keeping. School, held at the Connaught The Dutch, Bank for Scandinavian Rooms, London, on March 18 by the Trade was founded for Kresger by Earl of Birkenhead, in a speech Huldt, but never did busincas,
The fertile mind of the donor of singularly like in form and candid though it was supposed that it the feast invented a new idea, born, priticism, many delivered by his late handled the alleged Spanish con of the fact that he had always father.
tract of over one hundred million thought it unfair that, after a pipe As his father's biographer, he posatas, with General Primo De band paredes through a dining said, he had no doubt as to what livera. The whole business consist.rem, on the Pipe-Major ex- At an interview arranged between his father would have thought and ad of fictitious book-keeping,
changes glasses with the Chairman. Mr. "X" and Hays their conversa said about the present Royal Com Forged Italian State Bonds of 50 ko had each pipe in tira play tion was overheard by hidden police mission on Licensing The trade over three hundred million kroner to each of the five really big people, officers and £40 was handed oTBI was menaced by cluster of anta were found among the Kreuger and and exchange a glass with each of to Hayes. The officers then came gonisms which it had done nothing Toll documents printed in a Stock them. It added to the gaiety of the into the room and Hayes was ar to donorve. It had been merciless holm establishment, copper plates of
rested. ly exploited to satisfy the fiscal which were found in Kreuger's safo. exactions of the State, and had to These bonds were used as assets for cope with the posturings of cranks Ereuger in arranging the issue of and faddists whose ambition ap one hundred million kroner deben peared to be to transform England tures at the time of his death. into larger Dartmoor, withous even the diversion of ocessional ra- bellions. (Laughter.).
Mr. Snowden's tax on beer bud miserably failed and in common BONO and fairness it should be re- moved.
EUROPE'S BRIGHTEST
STREET
NEW LIGHTING FOR PICCADILLY"·
The Royal Commission suggested thas public houses in towns should at ton belqck, and in the country at, nine o'clock while they were prepared to allow clubs and restau rants to continue selling cham pagne to anyone who came in. “I do not believe," he concluded,
thint a mers monstrous or anob Lamp standards 96 feet high and
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As it had been made a strict rule Evidence was given by prosecutor, that there should not be any Hayes, from the dock, exclaimed speeches, these were limited to that Mr." was constantly with eight, of which the longest only toold his wife. twenty minutes-all being mostly concerned with the Shanghai Sect must be removed from court.
The Judge Who'r that He tish-and, having heard all of them, Counsel: I'm afraid it was the the rank and file. Know at last that
prisoner. tboir, merit really had been fully
The Judge He must hold his recognised. Whereupon, Sergeant tongu Davie Purves broke out afresk and still more melodiously......
London Visits.
To be at Full Strength..
Mr. "X" said that he took Mrs. Hayes to London twice and gave her
In auch manner passed a truly 1 £120 diamond ring. Asked why wonderful evening, with the largest he did this, he said it was because |attendanco ever known on- say she had been a good servant, FL parade of the Shanghai Scottish thought she was worth it. She had Finally, it was proposed by the hsen besten down into the earth by Nightingale, sooonded by the brutal husband; ha säded, fam Monocle,” and carried unanimous Mr. Jenkins What did the do
house for £3,500 Mrs. Hayes, laved
bish proposal, or one more enjeu-weighting 11 tons each wore being ly, that the Company should parade-She acted as caretaker, oponed, the -lated to promote class antagoniam erected in Piccadilly Circus, Lonat full strength this afternoon, the gates, put out the lights, and so on. has ever been put forward at the dón, to-day, as part of the new Pipe-Major vowing to lean upon any. Do you give all your caretakers public expense. (Haar, Henry electric lighting syster which, it is absentes Private Arnold Graham diamond rings N
The president, Sir Edward Mann, believed, will make the thorough- pledging himself never again to do Mr. "X" said that he bought e said their industry had been formed are the brightest place in Europe a portrait of any heater, and Um for the consumber. As a conse and the British Empire.
Section swearing upon drawn dirks quence of what was happening beer Power und will be 80,000 watts forgibly to drag say defaulter before was getting dangerously near being or 1,000 times the power of the light the Super-Sergeant and hold him The jury held that there was not non-alcoholic, and, therefore, non by which people ordinarily read by there to the end of a full-course les enough evidence to convict, and
-in-their-homes-
ture on the parts of a rifle.
returned a verdict of not guilty."
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