THE BIRCH FOR THEFT.
CONSTABLE TO OPERATE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) HASTINGS, this day. A lad aged 14, convicted before the magistrate this morning of the theft of £1 7/9 cash from a shop, was ordered six strokes of the birch at the hands of a police constable. The circumstances showed the theft of a cheque and a forged endorsement, which were not made the subject of the charge. \
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 221, 17 September 1924, Page 7
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68THE BIRCH FOR THEFT. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 221, 17 September 1924, Page 7
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