JOY-RIDING SEAMEN FINED
"We had had a few1 drinks, but we had no intention of Btealiug the cars. All we wanted was a drive round the town," was the explanation offered in the Magistrate's Court to-day by four seamen of the Kamo, Philip Noble Partridge, Thomas White, Jonas Kielland, and Robert Moir, in admitting two charges of unlawfully converting to their own use motor-cars valued at £200 and £250, the property of Charles William Taylor and Arthur James Dv Pont.
Sub-Inspector Harvey said that the men had all been drinking, and at 7.45 last evening they got into a car in Hunter street and started the engine. The owner heard the noise, shouted to the men to leave the car, and called the police. The accused thereupon ran away, but later took another car, which they drove along Lambton quay. By this time the police had arrived, and the accused were arrested. With the exception of Partridge, who had n previous conviction for. a breach of the peace, nothing was known against the men.
Each of the accused was convicted and fined £5, in default 21 days' imprisonment orj the first charge. On the second charge, they were each convicted and discharged.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 138, 11 June 1926, Page 9
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