KNIVES AND RAZORS.
NOT BRITISH WEAPONS. “We do not want the knife used in this country? It is peculiarly unBritish,” said the Recorder (Sir Ernest Wild, K.C.), addressing a grand jury at the Old Bailey, London. He pointed out that the number of charges listed involving knife or razor wounds was exceptionally large. “People are too apt to slash out when angry or jealous, and the prevalence of these cases must be taken into account when meting out punishment.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 252, 23 September 1929, Page 8
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82KNIVES AND RAZORS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 252, 23 September 1929, Page 8
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