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...founded there were only three organized state or city crime commissions in the U. S. Twenty-six such bodies sent delegates to the gathering last week. Largely through the efforts of the National Commission 42 states made 587 criminal code amendments. Some of these amendments the commission found foolish???such as Missouri's making dog-stealing grand larceny* and Idaho's law against buying or selling chickens after dark with out notifying a sheriff. But nine-tenths of the changes were declared "seriously and carefully considered"?anti-pistol laws in Michigan, New Jersey, Rhode Island;? Baumes-type laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Cauterizers | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

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