MOTOR CAR CONVERTED,
TWO MEN IMPRISONED. (Tj- Telograph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. On a charge of unlawful conversion of a car valued at £45, William Alexander Miller (27), a casing worker, and Gerald Garfield Thorns (28), a motor driver, were sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The car, it was stated, had been left standing in Murphy Street for some time and was got going by accused and abandoned in Tinakori Road when they heard a broadcast message had been sent out. Against Thorns there was also a charge of theft of 12 gallons of petrol. Thoms said he was sober when driving the car, and Miller claimed it was their drunkenness and silliness that had made them do it.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 5
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118MOTOR CAR CONVERTED, Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 5
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