"SUDDEN TEMPTATION."
YOUTH STOLE TOBACCO
ADMITTED TO PROBATION.
A youth, Raymond Walter McCabe, aged 19, was admitted to probation by Mr. Justice Smith at the Supreme Court to-day on a charge of breaking and entering. Counsel said the offence was committed on a Sunday afternoon. The youth had been in the habit of going to a certain shop every Sunday for tobacco. On the day of the offence he found the shop closed, but the window was open, and he yielded to a sudden temptation to steal a quantity of tobacco. He had no previous convictions, but had been involved in some trouble for which, in the Children's Court, he was placed on probation for two years. If probation could be granted in the present instance, the youth would be eent immediately to a farm in the Far North. In reply to questions by his Honor, the youth said his age was 19 and that he would stay in work and lead a decent life. "You don't seem to have made a very good start," said his Honor. "There was no need for you to steal." - McCabe was admitted to probation for a period which would add one year to his present term. He was also ordered to pay £1 17/6, the value of money-and goods stolen.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 283, 30 November 1931, Page 3
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