PROBATION GRANTED.
ENGAGEMENT RING STOLEN. "When I heard the case I was inclined to think you had yielded to sudden temptation. However, I see by the report from Tauranga that you yield to temptation too easily," said Mr. Wyvern Wilson, S.M., this morning, when sentencing Eric Phillip Pearce, plasterer, aged 22, on a charge of stealing ail engagoinent ring valued at £10, the property of Jeffrey Cheney Hart. "You have a reputation for dishonesty in the district, but you are a youngman, and I will not send you to prison this time," said his Worship, who warned accused that any future offence on his part would be severely dealt with. Accused was admitted to probation for two years) and ordered to make restitution of £2, the amount he had received when he pledged the ring, &■
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 206, 31 August 1936, Page 8
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