THEFT FROM BOYS ON TRAIN
(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, January-12. For the theft of £8 and £9 in notes from two Thames boys travelling by express train to Auckland. Clifford John Lilley, aged 21, of Wellington, was today put on probation for two years. Lilley, a labourer employed by the Railways Department, was a passenger seated behind the boys, who hung their coats up overnight. He had been in gaol almost a week awaiting sentence.
Mr L. G. H. Sinclair, S.M., granting probation, laid down three conditions: Lilley must take out a prohibition order; he must refrain from all forms of gambling; and he will have to open a Savings Bank account in the joint names of himself and the Probation Officer, and make deposits directed.
“The only thing that prevents you from going to prison is that you are a first offender,” the Magistrate told Lilley. f
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27246, 13 January 1954, Page 4
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