DUG UP HIS MOTHER’S HOARD
SON ORDERED TO MAKE RESTITUTION By Telegraph.-—press association. Christchurch, April 6. Robert Alexander Donaldson, aged 40 years, who had dug up his mother’s hoard of sovereigns under an apple tree, appeared before Mr. Justice Adams for sentence. The Crown Prosecutor said £124 had been returned, and £l5 was missing. Prisoner seemed to think the money belonged to the family. Prisoner was admitted to probation for two years, provided he made restitution aiid took out a prohibition order.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 171, 7 April 1923, Page 6
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