Convictions for drunkenness in From Ocz OwN Comnesroxoenr Paris, Aug. 5. and Wales numbered aact™ ae feat ites when mers Ju] 4 mysievious vu tin Leon
in 1925, a decrease of 10.6 per cent, ends got Mee out of the font according to licensing statistics Prison by means of a trick, is de-for the year 1926 published recent-scribed in the "Jourual"by Mx, Geo, ly by the Home Office, Last year's London, an enterprising journalist, total convictions was the lowest who seems to have a special faculty for sever. years. Commenting that for finding people whose where-the figures "cannot be used as abouts the police are supposed to Synonymous with inebriety," the ignore, inasmuch as he recently report suggests that the coal had a' conversation with a missing stoppage last year accounts fcr Communist municipal councillor for: the fact that the greatest decreases whose arrest a warrant is out. in the number of convictions: London velates that, in the middle of occurred in the coal-mining dis-the night, he was roused from tiers, The decrease in Greater Jslumbers by a telephone call, and a London last year, was compared voice told him to get ready. Present with 1925, was 2.7'per cent, There ly, a'small car stopped before his door Was a slight increase in Southern and he found himself being driver: England: Zig-zag, very fast, across Paris, to Saturday is the most fruitful put any possible pursuers off th day for arrests for drunkenness, track. Ovtside the city he was. and contributes about 82 per cent. dropped, and told to wait. A few! of the total. Sunday, Tuesday, minutes later he was picked up by tome nia. geltd, Rharsday sive Griver of which made him put 0 "Janother and still faster car, the me to Ut per chi pair of goggles $0 heavily smoked Monday and Friday show 12 and 26 that he could see. nothing. After convict cotearectively. OF the travelling at high speed for henry, at tats] he was set down ina beattifal 155.830 (83 per cent.) were men. and 11.290 (17 per cent.) women—the same proportions us in 1925, From June, 1, 1926, to the end of that year, 1804 "persons were convicted drunkenness while in charge of mechanically propelled vehicles,
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