WAVE OF CRIME AND VICE
BAD YEAR IN N.S.W. • Sydney, Jan. 4. During 1944 the New South Wales police vice squad arrested more than 17,000 persons in the worst wave ot crime and vice in the history of the State. Convictions secured numbered 15.695 compared with 8679 in 1943. Of persons convicted 3,464 were women Fines imposed in 1944 totalled £50,036 'compared with £26.345 in 1943. For breaches of the Gaming Act 6625 men and 336 women were convicted with fines totalling £26.312 and forfeitures were £llßs. Sly grog convictions were 332 males and 43 females who paid fines totalling £15.245. Liquor seized included nearly 14,000 bottles of beer, spirits and wine. Sex and drug offenders numbered 5,274 males and 3.085 females. Officers of the vice squad said the intensified drive would continue this year, but it was expected that vice figures would he lower.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 5 January 1945, Page 5
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145WAVE OF CRIME AND VICE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 5 January 1945, Page 5
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