Round the World
| Published date | 01 May 1968 |
| Date | 01 May 1968 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X6804100511 |
| Subject Matter | Round the World |
examples bringing firearms or dangerous drugs into England.. The
cases cited, R. v. Kohn (1864) 4 F. &F. 68, and Board of Trade v.
Owen [1956] 3 AU E.R. 432, both fall within these rules. In the
first the conspirators planned a crime, the sinking of a ship, which
could have been carried out within territorial waters. In the
second again the crime planned might have been carried out in
England.
On the facts of the case under review the crime, that of obtain-
ing jewellery by false pretences, was to be wholly committed out-
side England. There was no evidence of injury to persons in
England or of public mischief here.
For
these reasons the con-
viction was quashed.
Note
The
law is fairly clear on this point but it is far from satisfactory.
As
Winn, L.J., indicated this is
one
of
tlle areas where the criminal law
is capable
of
improvement. Indeed it is an area at present under review.
Much depends on how much the prosecution can prove. Here they
were unable to establish a crime.
It
may well be
that
when the new
crime of handling replaces the law
of
receiving the prosecution might
find this aspect
of
the problem easier.
•
Boood
the
World
CIVILIANIZATION
In order to further the civilianization of police administration, New
York City has created a new appointment of
"police
administrative
aids
",
According to Spring 3100, the magazine of the New York city police, 50
such aids were appointed at the beginning of this year, the vanguard of
350 civilians to be appointed during the subsequent six months.
Administrative aids, it appears, are less than policemen but more than
civilian clerks. Assignments will involve the handling of classified material
and there will be some latitude for independent action and initiative.
Persons appointed will include potential police trainees who were
not
appointed for medical reasons.
The
starting salary will be $5,730' rising
to $7,000.
BREATHE DEEPLY
The same magazine records the attribution of his longevity by New
York's oldest retired police officer, Captain Walter Rouse, aged 96, to his
practice of deep breathing daily for two hours.
"Over
the years I've come
across many people who laugh at the idea of breathing exercises,
but
let
me tell you that most of those sceptics
aren't
around any
more"
he is
quoted as saying. Captain Rouse began his career in 1895, as one of the
original
"Teddy
Boys"
who patrolled the streets of New
York
during
Theodore Roosevelt's tour as president of the Board of Police Commis-
sioners (1895-97). He is now the eldest of four surviving police officers
of that era.
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