THEFT OF CIGARETTES.
TAIHAPE, Thursday. After a thief had broken into a locker in the Taihape Men's Club and stolen a quantity of cigarettes he was pursued through the streets of Taihape by six members of the club, who eventually captured him. In the Taihape Police Court to-day Patrick William Crampton, a carpenter, of Waiouru, pleaded guilty to the theft of the cigarettes. He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. — (Press Aean.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 200, 23 August 1940, Page 9
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