"A STUPID THING."
CHAMOIS LEATHER THEFT.
Charged with .appropriating to his own use « rhamoi« leather valued at (J/, taken from n *cr\ irp station at Papa toetoe on .Inly 20, Leonard Kwan appeared before Mr. W. R. McKenn S.M., in the Otnltuliii Police Court yewterda.v. Awidwl admitted picking the leather ofl the jrarape floor, under the iiniinv"ion that it was one of his own *rnes" which he had kicked out when "ettiii" out of liis cur. Counsel for defendant, Mr. Arnmtend. Kjiid liw client, until ill-health befell him, was a .nnnter plumber and was held in high esteem in the district. He was NUrpr'wpd at the nctinii being brought forward, and asked the masistrate If he whs making » due to do «o in excess of £.") to enable hi* client to appeal to a higher Court. The magistrate eaid it was one of those stupid tl inns people did at times. Tlie fine under the circumstances would have been quite a small one of 10/. but at tho request of couneel would be increased to £(>.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 191, 15 August 1939, Page 10
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