PICK-POCKETS SENTENCED
IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO MEN (P.A.) WELLINGTON, July 24. “I am strongly of the view that, had you not been interfered with, you would have left the course £3OO or £4OO to the good. I am satisfied you were in the profession in qu|te a big way.” Mr Justice Cornish told James Wilson, aged 29, a labourer, and Patrick John Mee, aged 59, a hawker, in the Supreme Court this morning, They were appearing for sentence on a charge of theft from the person. Tn the Supreme Court at Nelson the jury had found them guilty of picking pocket offences on the Richmond racecourse. “I cannot overlook the fact that I have to deal with two clevei men,” said his Honour. The evidence led him to believe that, although there was only one charge, a dozen or 15 or more pockets had been interfered with. Sentencing each accused to one year and nine months’ imprisonment, his Honour took into account that they had already been-in custody for three months.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25245, 25 July 1947, Page 3
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