MAGISTRATE'S COURT
On a charge of being an idle and disorderly person in that he begged alms in Courtenay place, Joseph Johnston, alias James Smith, aged 51, was convicted by Mr. E. Page, S.M., yesterday and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. "Since that time I have led a straight and honest life. I have married and settled down," said Sydney Stephen Holden, when he was charged with stealing a magneto valued at £10, the property of Alfred H. Bull, at Greytown. "The accused was working for a carrier <it Greytown," said Sub-Inspector Lopdell, "and stole a magneto from a lorry which was out of use and was parked at the back of the carrier's premises. The accused, who was arrested at AVelfington yesterday, had other convictions against him for dishonesty." , A fine of £5, in default one month's imprisonment, was imposed. Mavis Good, a shop assistant, aged 19, was committed to a Borstal institution for two years for failing to comply with the terms of a probation order. Joseph Thomas Lenihan, a Post Ofliue messenger, aged 26, against whom, wore three charges of obscene exposure, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to be concurrent. ,^_____^^_^__
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 148, 20 December 1930, Page 7
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199MAGISTRATE'S COURT Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 148, 20 December 1930, Page 7
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