"A SPONGER GENERALLY."
"This man is described to me as a sponger generally; although well-educated, he is not fond of work, arid prefers hanging round hotels," said Chief-Detective Ward in the Magistrate's Court on Saturday, when George Fuller-Quinn, a clerk, admitted stealing a gold chain and pendant, a .silver-mounted flask, and a gold-mounted fountain pen. of .a total value of £16 6s, from Joseph Leo Grant. The Chief-Detective stated that the accused had been sharing a room with Grant, from whom he borrowed the pen. When Grant asked for it back Quinn made some excuse about having left it at the office. Shortly afterwards he left the boarding-house, because he could not pay his board, and Grant then missed the other articles. The accused was later arrested, and pawn-tickets for the stolen goods, all of which had been recovered, were found in his possession. In March, 1922, Quinn was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for theft, and since then had served various terms for defaulting on a maintenance ordex
Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., imposed a sentence of six months' imprisonment.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 31, 7 February 1927, Page 17
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