THIEF SINCE 1926.
MAN'S BAD RECORD. • GAOL TOR FALSE ' PRE TENCES. • After stealing two cheque forms from his employer, James McKenzie, aged 37, filled them in, obtaining £12 12/ from one man and £6 2/4 from another. This morning in the Police Court he pleaded guilty to the theft charge and two other charges of obtaining the sums mentioned by false pretences. "I know McKenzie has a formidable list of previous convictions and that he lias served sentence after sentence, but I am asking your Worship to give him a last chance," said Mr. Aekins, who appeared for the prisoner. ' Mr. Aekins said McKenzie had a job to go to, while a friend was willing to pay in £10 for him towards restitution. If McKenzie was allowed to go back to work it would mean the people whom he defrauded would be paid in full.
"No; I am not going to do that," said Mr. F. K. Hunt. S.M. "This man is single and when lie gets a job he steals cheque forms from his employer and gets into trouble again. His liet shows that he has been a thief since 1926. It's no good giving him further chances." On each of two charges McKenzie was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, "the terms to be cumulative.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 213, 9 September 1935, Page 8
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216THIEF SINCE 1926. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 213, 9 September 1935, Page 8
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