THREE MEN SENT TO GAOL
THEFT CHARGES J
(P.A.) AUCKLAND. August 21.^ Pleading guilty to theft charges,' ® eluding entry to the Mount Albert r Office, three young men were sentenced by Mr Justice Fair m the Suprem Court to-day. Robert John Mann, as 24 years, was sentenced to four year imprisonment with hard labour. Alexander Forbes, aged 21, a labou • received three years ref or m a tiye tention, and Leslie John Parnell, 6 23, a motor driver, two y. ears . an “ months’ -imprisonment with hard hour. Parnell had previous conviction. His Honour said that there was liberation about the crimes so tar Forbes and Mann were concerned, iw they stole gelignite and detonate By using explosives they endanger _ buildings by fire, with possible hsk . human life. At the request of Mr Meredith, . , the Crown, the judge ordered that in cash, found on the P rJ , s ° n ® rs - returned to the Mount Albert t ’ £ Office, from which £l2B had be _ stolen.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23414, 22 August 1941, Page 10
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