NO MONEY IN CRIME.
"UNFROFITABIJE BUSINESS." JUDGE AND PRISONER AGREE. When he appeared in the Supreme Court this morning for sentence on a charge of attempted breaking and entering, John Graham, a middle-aged man, told Mr. Justipe Blair that hia latest lapse had been induced by the fact that he had tried for three months to get work and had failed. "You have a record, though," his Honor pointed out. "There are seventeen convictions on your sheet for theft." Graham (persistently): I have never derived one penny from anything I have stolen yet. His Honor: That is the usual thing that happens. You very seldom get anything out of it. You cannot make money at it. It is one of the least profitable businesses one can embark on. As far as I can see you are a lot safer and happier in gaol. You have made it your business to get there as often «s> possible since 1909. I tell you whaft I will do" with you, Graham I will impose a sentence of two years imprisonment on you, and declare you to be an habitual criminal.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 257, 30 October 1928, Page 19
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187NO MONEY IN CRIME. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 257, 30 October 1928, Page 19
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