BRIEF LIBERTY
LONG TERM FOR THEFT
Released from gaol last week after serring a sentence of three mouths1 for.theft, William John Parker, who has four aliases, was .to-day sent back for three .years. Parker, a labourer, aged 62, pleaded .guilty before Mr. E. Page, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court to a charge of theft of an overcoat valued at £4 10s, the property of John Dwyer.. ' ■ • ' ; Sub-Inspector Ward said that a detective saw the accused walking along ■ the street yesterday with an overcoat over his ami. He was taken to the Detective Ofiice, where he admitted that he had stolen the coat from a bedroom in the Central- Hotel. Parker had just served three months for theft, and-he. had-.44 previous convictions, the majority for theft and- more serious offences. "He i» a very persistent thief,": concluded1 the Sub-Inspector.' ' ■ Asked if he had anything to say,. Parker told the Magistrate, that drink had been the cause of the whole of his.. trouble. "Give me a chance,". he pleaded, "and see what I'll do with it. I will cut the drink right out, and I'll guarantee not to appear before this or any other Court again." ■ ■ "This man has a long 'list,' ". said Mr. Page. Parker was sentenced , to..' three years' reformative detention.- ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 93, 21 April 1931, Page 10
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