“A STUPID OFFENCE”
VETERAN OF MONS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, November 29. In the Supreme Court. Joseph Campbell Scott, aged 40, an Imperial Army veteran of the Mons retreat, who was a prisoner of Avar in Germany and Russia for four years, was admitted to probation for two years on a charge of breaking and entering at Oamaru. Counsel stated that Scott came to New Zealand in 1923 with an unblemished Avar and civil record. He had suffered many privations in prison camps, and- a tvound still troubled him. His offence Avas a stupid one. While under the influence of liquor he broke into a friend's house, stealing a torch and eight ancient coins. It Avas suggested that Scott should return to Scotland, and some kindl.y people Avere making arrangements in that respect.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 57, 30 November 1929, Page 15
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