THE INFLUENCE OF "SENSATIONAL" LITERATURE ON CRIME.
In hia annual report to tho Court of Aldermen, the Ordinary of Newgate again draws attention to the baneful effects of what is known as " sensational" literature upon the minds of the young and ignorant. He mentions a striking incident in support of hia position. In August last a soldier shot his coiporal at Aldershot, and a polioe-sheet pioduced an illustration purporting to convey the details of *he mm>. Tho paper was Oi><3^iatec» }n the Kaglan Barracks, at Devonport, where a soldier was under arrest for a frlflmg offenoQ. He was unable to road, but tho picture gave him the idea of obtaining similar revenge. On the following day he shot his corporal, and was afterwards hanged at Exeter. " That picture, " said he to the Ordinary of Newgate, 'W it fata my head.' Drunkenness m<\ butting are likewise mcntione/l ** having a prominent connection with crime.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3930, 28 March 1870, Page 5
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152TME INFLUENCE OF "SENSATIONAL" LITERATURE ON CRIME. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3930, 28 March 1870, Page 5
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