THREE YOUNG MEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 191, 14 August 1928, Page 9

THREE YOUNG MEN.

SHORT CAREER OF CRIME. i REQUIRED SPECIAL, POLICE FORCE. TWO NOW IN GAOL. A trio comprising Walter Frank Goodall (29), John Charles Colcord (30) and William Henry Colcord (19), who had been associated in a series of crimes committed in Henderson, Avondale and Mount Albert districts a few weeks ago, appeared at the Police Court this morning for sentence on a number of summary charges. Detective Sergeant Kelly said that the accused had, a fortnight ago, been sentenced on six charges of breaking and entering and theft, also attempted theft, Goodall receiving a sentence of four years' hard labour and John Charles Colcord one of three and a-half years' imprisonment. In addition to the burglary charges, Goodall was also dealt with by the judge for forgery and the conversion of two motor cars, while there were three further charges of false pretences preferred against him alone. The Colcord brothers and Goodall had broKen into garages and had motor cars which they used to assist them in committing burglaries. ' "On the way back from one 'job' thej broke open a post office pillar box," said ' Mr. Kelly. "They say that all that ' was in the box were some apples, but apples are not usually kept in post boxes. It required a special police force ! looking after these three men. The younger of the brothers Col ,- ord was placed on probation by the judge." Mr. Manoney, who represented Goodall, expressed the hope that Mr. McKean would not impose any further sentence upon him. Counsel had pointed out to Goodall the stupidity of his acts. His position to-day was the result, of an unfortunate occurrence when Goodall was only 17 years of age. He was married at that early age and the marriage I was not a successful one. He su'bse- ; quently lost his position in the Railway j Department and was afterwards at a j loose end. "After that he seems to j have got desperate," said counsel. "It was a sudden burst of crime." 1 The Rev. Jasper Calder, on behalf of William Henry Colcord, stated that this s youth only barely escaped a sentence i of imprisonment. In view of the fact s that the judge had given him a chance s by placing him on probation, Mr. Calder l tinted that j&agktrate would ex-

tend probation, making ir a condition that he should work in ihe country. Hie home life was not all that it should have been. In sentencing Goodall and the older Coleord to six, months' imprisonment, the magistrate intimated that this would be served concurrently with their present sentences. The younger Colcord was placed on probation for a term of three yeare.