FORMIDABLE LIST.
MAN GUILTY OF THEFT.
IMPORTATION FROM AUSTRALIA. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, This Day. “In all my experience I have never seen a. more formidable list than that of accused. He has served about half liis lifetime in prison in Australia and has been declared an habitual criminal,” said Senior-Detective Doyle in the Magistrate’s Court in regard to William Crofts, a bricklayer, aged 54, who pleaded not guilty of the theft of a radio set. tie was found guilty and sentenced to six months’ hard labour. Counsel said that Crofts had not been convicted since 1932. He was a bricklayer and was brought to New Zealand by the Government 18 months ago. The Magistrate: It seems that the Government was not very careful. It should have looked into his antecedents.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 249, 29 July 1940, Page 6
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