PROBATION REFUSED

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 139, 9 December 1924, Page 5

PROBATION REFUSED

IMPRISONMENT FOR THEFT AND RECEIVING. "■•

j , I don t think .probation-is applicable i t°'-the ; charges," remarked Mr.-E. Pace I h.M in the Magistrate's Court"to"-day ; m reference, to :a glass cutter,. 40 years of age, named Cecil Franklin Boyd, who pleaded quilty-to the"theft of a floor cramp, valued at £2 25,. and. paint accessories, the property of R. andE :Tin- . gey to the value of £20. Accused was further charged with receiving four dozen pairs of ladies' silk stockings, to the value of £42, allegedly stofen from George Bond and Co., Ltd. • "The offences seem to have taken place over a fairly substantial period of time," .added his Worship, "and it is stated by the police that this man has been the cause of. the downfall of several"young Tnen employed in the city. ' I propose to convict the defendant on the two latter .charges, and sentence-him to- a. period ,oi .nine months' imprisonment, to. be served concurrently. • On the first charge he will he sentenced to -three months' imprisonment, to" be '.served". cdncu'rren'tlV with the other..terms." . ■-. ■ ■ Chief Detective Kemp, who prosecuted; stated the accused was a" married man withthree children, and at the tinie |of his arrest. : was earning £6.per week., | "The most, reprehensible aspect," .said ! the chief detective, "is that no fewer than seven :«mployees-belonging "to- dif-ferent-firms haVe been-disiriissecl through illicit. de'aling^";.with '.".yiis'matt.- Those', dealings have: been- going on 'for- three years. Not only is he a, master mind over youths, but he. appears.to.have exercised an influence over grown people " added the chief detective. :,■-..-,., .' • : On behalf of the accused '" Mr: A^'B7.Sievwright pointed out that.Boyd.was a kleptomanaic in a sense, who picked up small things here .'and there, as he-went, about. Counsel contended that he was not'the type of'man who;was a'liarden-" ed criminal, but if given a' chance would be an industrious citizen.' Ho had an invalid wife, and was earning £5 10s weekly.''Counsel referred;to. accused's- previous good character, and submitted that if given a chance accused.would avail himself of it. '. ! ".''■'■ "■ ■■'

;- PERSUADED BY OLDER MAN. • ; A young man, 19 years of age, whose ■ name was suppressed, 'pleaded guilty to the ' theft of four dozen "pairs' of 'silk stockings valued at. £42, front'Gebree Bond and Co,,- Ltd. ....:. . ":. . * Evidence of accused's previous" good I character was given by his employer, who expressed his willingness to take the youth back into his employ. His Worship said that he thought it was a case where the young man might be admitted to - probation. His employer spoke well of him and there was no doubt that, he had been persuaded to commit a crimjnal act by Boyd,' an older'man.who ' was responsible. He admitted accused to probation for 12 months.