THEFT FROM SHOP.
LABOURER WHO BOLTED
REMEMBERED NOTHING.
Tie theft of a glass jar and contents, valued at 8/2 from a sweet shop in Parnell yesterday, brought Horace Allan Taylor, aged 29, a labourer, to the Police Court this morning.
Taylor pleaded guilty. Detective Sergeant Kelly eaid accused went into Mr. H. W. Pepper's shop yesterday and bought an ice cream. He was under the influence of liquor. After Taylor had left the shop, Mr. Pepper found that the jar of sweets had disappeared. He followed Taylor, who bolted. A constable followed him and eventually the jar was recovered from ;i washhouse. At first Taylor denied taking the jar, but later admitted the offence, adding that he might as well jret 14 days' imprisonment as go to a relief camp.
Counsel said Taylor was a married !:!hii and had not been in trouble pre- •. iously. He did not remember anything about the ..matter until he woke up at the police station. He was willing to tyV.R out a prohibition order.
Taylor was fined £1, or seven days' in-.prisonment.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19320309.2.82
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 58, 9 March 1932, Page 8
Word Count
178THEFT FROM SHOP. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 58, 9 March 1932, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in