STOLEN POSTAL PACKET.
SERIOUSNESS OF THE CRIME. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. “ I think” it is absolutely essential that it should be known by all persons occupying positions similar to the one that you occupied that they cannot commit theft and then come to the Court and expect to be admitted to probation,” said Mr Justice Reed in imposing sentence on a postal official named Edward Bryan Carter, aged 19, charged with theft of a postal packet. His Honor said lio had given the case a good deal of anxious thought on account of prisoner’s age, but had come to the conclusion it was not a ease for probation. The crime of breach of fluty was becoming very common in New < Zealand. There was a great number or cases of stealing from the Government and also from private employers. Prisoner would be detained for reformative purposes fort twelve months.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 9873, 21 July 1923, Page 4
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150STOLEN POSTAL PACKET. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 9873, 21 July 1923, Page 4
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