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Show Treatment of Habitual Criminals. Tho Now Zealand minister for Jus-, tlco has Introduced tho habitual criminals crim-inals and offenders bill, which provides pro-vides that whero n person has been twlco convicted of a criminal assault I or four times of wounding, robbery or burglary, ho may bo regarded na an habitual criminal and at tho ex pirn- J tlon of his sentence detained In a re- ' -i formntory. After six convictions for vagrancy a roan limy bo treated In tho samu way. Discharge from tho reformatory will v -,. ,' bo secured only on tho rccommenda-. rccommenda-. tlon of tho court, whllo tho detained offondors will bo mado to work and wages will bo placed to tholr credit or toward tho support of their dependents. |