STOLE THREE WATCHES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 45, 23 February 1926, Page 6

STOLE THREE WATCHES.

i A YOUNG MAN'S OFFENCE. ADMITTED TO PROBATION. "It is a question of a pure and a sodden unadulterated impulse," said Ur Allan Moody, who appeared at the Police ; Court this morning for a young ___ I who had pleaded guilty to" stealing a. wriitiet watch valued a: £6 frcta^g ! shop of Jacob Ziman, and two wristla; : watches valued at £9 10/ from t&> Queen Street shop of J. E, Mdxanzie Ltd. A constable said that when he interviewed accused yesterday he admitted lifting a watch from a tray in ]_•_ Ziman's jewellery establishment and placing it in his pocket. When he tvy taken to the watch house and searched two more watches were found on Mai. These he admitted taking from Ho Kenzie's. j Mr. Moody said that accused was only. 120 and was the son of respectable parents. It was difficult to explain Ms act. When he to.jk the watch from. Mr. Ziman's shop he iiad a yoimq girl with him and probably conceived the idea of giving her a present. Mr. Poynton: That might be all Tight, but he also alrnits taking t*o other watches. -Mr. Moody said that this was hard to explain. However, accused was on tag threshold of life and had received a wholesome shock by being arrested and locked up. ('ounsel suggested that sj this was accused's first offence, he migiii be given the benefit of probation. Accused was admitted to probation , for two years. His name was ordered j to be suppressed.