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YOUNG MAN SENTENCED. RESTAURANT AXD SHOP THEFTS "This is not a case for probation," aoc Mr. J. Morling, S M., to-day, in eenta*ing John Tcmuice Green, carpenter, tpi 23, to one month's imprisonment. Grnt had pleaded guilty to the theft of U and the theft of £10. Detective Jones read statements ink by Green in which he said he had tabs the £4 from a counter in a restantut and the £10 from the. till of a fish tkp. In the first case he had been pnmrf and in the chase threw the £4 ea a window ledge. It had not been recwl The £10 he had spent, on clothes far himself and wife and medicine. Detective-Sergeant Xalcier, who fnscented, said accused came over frca Australia five months ago, and ttaw months ago had married. For thnt weeks he had b<?c:i working at Peome. roccivinp £4 10/ weekly. He had mviciiun* in Australia.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 83, 8 April 1940, Page 8
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