THE WAREHOUSE THEFTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 274, 16 November 1905, Page 4

THE WAREHOUSE THEFTS.

i —; ——— . WIIiIAM Tt> OXE YEAR'S J^ItfSONMEJJT. ; PROBATION TOR THE YOTJSGEE. SIX MONTHS FOB THE CAETEfc V' I i . ; . At _the Auckland Supreme Court tM. ' ?£»»& before Air Justice Edw j£ TYalliam Warren aad Xorman :p«2 Warren, -who laa pleaded jmQtv -v . stealing a quantity of goods from the? j employers, Messrs. Abbott, Oram »«,d • Co., surrendered to their baß ior jmw tence, j Mt J. C Martin, counsel ior both tW i; β-emsed, «rid that th* elder trotter •i was comparatively young, «£' had had a career -which up to the w , gmmng of these offences proaaeed 1 : In 1800 Messrs. Court aa excellent character, A firm of \l* ; per soft merchants and Meat* MeMaster and Shatter., also favTS : good testimonials. Be received simiW •• ly good testimonials from London tru with whom he had worked prior to n. , tnrmrg to Messrs. Abbott, Oram m< ; '.to. He could give no reason why la >■ broke out into these thefts, bevoni ' saying that the temptation came aW and he fdL Wit regard to the yoSS ; one, coTmsel asked for, probation, asll commended by the Probation QffieeT ™ iormer employers had been 3Jr MtfU ' eolm, Messrs. Iredale, and Smifh. «*. Canghey, aU of whom had girea ii» good letters of character. ■ He -war?* ' years of age, and Jell 3nt o the '. through the influence nnmtenfioaalh- of his brother. TLe yonnger brother flij not participate in the proceeds of the crime. Neither of the brothers told any lies in the matter, but both, especially the older, gave every juuastanee for the recovery of the goods. There prospect that the younger brother, with the lesson he had received, would not I fall again if Bas Honor thought fit t» , rel-eaec him. I _!■??? E on?r ataA ne eruM Warren to probation, hecase the cnmeextended over a series of <* lences. With regard to all the however, except the one which v his discovery, the was „-: plied by himselL Taking this into eo£ 1 sideration, and in the hope that he woalii : reform and heeome a, raspeetable teensv her of society, the light sentence of onn - jevrs imprisonmEnt would he pASeed. _Ia regard to Xonnaa Percy Warren. - this was ids first offence. aad His Houmf' felt justified in hoping that he wnriia • live in honesty in the future. He wooU f release him on probation for two yeent i and older him "to pay the posts (£2 John Wright, the -carter who remiml the goods and shr-ed in the knowing them to have been stolen Irt» jj also up for sentence. .; Mr MeVeagh, accuseds counsel, detailed ti»e tnreumstanees. and said Se _ »6oas were carted to Grej Lynn, Xat*' ngahape-road, and Hisrh-street in it» . cession. Wlen Mr Abbott idisttwer*' the loss of the goods and questioned the . carter he stipulated that if he »va informatioß he should be given a 'icwsrfr .of £5. Wright was drunk at tke tame, ; and it was hardly credible that he wraia have made such a proposal if he' 3m& been sober. 33is hesettmsr efn;, anfortn- ■ nately, was drinking, and IMb w«b n» aonht the Tmderlying «mse his oresent Counsel appeaJed to Hie Honor to take a. mercifnl of the case. . ; ii ■._■• His Honor said the reporf ef the ft»- ---: bation Officer not Jußtifj him. in granting probation. As St- was the *ecneed's first offence, however, a lenient ; sentence would be passed, in the hop* of reform. Accused ,wouia be sent *9 prison for six months. i .'. .. ''.""■ . . ■:,.■;rc:i