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Show A Lesson in Justice An Englishman recently wrote a letter to the London Times to commend the London police and courts for their promptness, in disposing of a case of burglary. His letter revealing, as it does, a kind of law enforcement which is regrettably re-grettably strong on this side of the water is worth quoting tit io ' "The goods were stolen on Saturday morning," he writes. "The burglar was caught and the goods recovered on Saturday afternoon, without a cent being paid to a pawnshop pawn-shop fence. On Monday the burglar was committed by a magistrate to stand his trial at the Old Bailey. On Tuesday Tues-day he was duly tried, convicted and sentenced." Probably speed of this kind is somewhat exceptional, even in England, where quick justice is proverbial, Never-thi'less, Never-thi'less, the. object lesson is too plain to be missed. With police and courts that work so fast, is it any wonder won-der that England has less trouble with "crime waves" than , we have?" |