EX-CONSTABLE SENT TO GAOL
SIX MONTHS* IMPRISONMENT. (IT TILiaKAPB— FBISS ASSOCIATION.) DUNEDIN, This Day. Ex-Constable John Henry Howard came up for sentence in the Supreme Court on two charges, of breaking and entering a butcher's shop at South Dunedin, one of the charges being of stealing a leg of mutton and a meat hook. Accused is at present serving a sentence of two months imprisonment for breaking a window in attempting to escape when discovered. Counsel stated that accused was 33 years of age, a married man, with one child. His previous behaviour both in the force and in other i positions had been exemplary. He had domestic difficulties on account of illness in his family, and succumbed to temptation. It was stated that he had been employed by the Wellington City Council for eight yeare, for seven years as a tramway inspector. Mr. Justice Sim made allowance for previous good character, and imposed a sentence of six months' imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to be concurrent.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150907.2.117
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 59, 7 September 1915, Page 8
Word Count
168EX-CONSTABLE SENT TO GAOL Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 59, 7 September 1915, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in