A WATCH REPAIRER.
■» SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT. Wholesale theft of watches was admitted in the Magistrate's Court to-day by a man named William Joseph Bray, charged on twenty-four separate informations. On the application of ChiefDetective Broberg, one of 'the charges was withdrawn, the theft in that caso having occurred over twelve months ago. The other offences dated from last April, and the value of the stolen property aggregated about £100. ' According to the Chief-Detective, accused was in business in Taranaki-street as a watch-repairer, and it was the watches that had been taken to him to mend that he had stolen. He had disposed of them to second-hand dealer*. It was also stated that betting and gambling were responsible for the man's wrong-doing. Mr. Wilford, who appeared for Bray, asked for leniency. He said that accused was 42 years of age, and had never been before the court before. • Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., said he did not intend to deal severely with accused. It was his duty, however, to inflict some^ punishment. He imposed sentences of six months' imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to be concurrent.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 15, 19 January 1910, Page 7
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184A WATCH REPAIRER. Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 15, 19 January 1910, Page 7
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