THEFT OF £4.
SOLDIER IMPRISONED.
FAILED TO REPAY FRIEND.
A somewhat unusual charge of theft was disclosed in the Police Court to-day when Edward Maurice Loomb, aged 22, soldier and labourer, pleaded guilty to stealing £4 belonging to George T. Ellison, on April 12. Detective-Sergcant Xalder said Loomb owed Ellison some money, and on Saturday, while at the races, Loomb told his friend that his mother was a racehorse owner. Accused represented that she was giving him a cheque in excess of the amount due to Ellison and suggested to complainant that he should give him (Loomb) £4. Ellison did so, and Loomb failed to return the money which he said he lost by betting. There was no truth in his story that his mother was a wellknown racehorse owner. Loomb had previously been in trouble.
After perusing Loomb's list of previous convictions, Mr. F. H. Levien, S.M., sentenced him to three months' imprisonment mith hard labour.-
On a further charge of being unlawfully found on a racecourse, Loomb was convicted and discharged.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 88, 15 April 1941, Page 4
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173THEFT OF £4. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 88, 15 April 1941, Page 4
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