THEFT ADMITTED

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 105, 6 May 1931, Page 11

THEFT ADMITTED

MOTOR ACCESSORIES

■:;[ .-. Two charges '■ ''q^-mtitor,; actfesr sories "fi'oni'y chicles.oil ;sid£>:;( qf ;|Kc road; iverp^vadmitied^'ijy^JohnM'Edvirara; CoudTeiiv^aVinO^orSdriver^'agQd/32^| iit; the • Magistrate Js^GoMt;id-dayry:'-irV^:;^S j- ;Sub-Inspeci6r:^yard/said;;th'afcviu Sep?; tember last,ayhile,driyirig:':aiPrry^ffoni: saw a: wrecked' car. at tlieiisido, o£ ; vtlip' road'■;aid. ;lie : . took' "sojn'p ; :;.articles;:fipni it.^Sdme:. week's/ago .^heiicijuged 's v touHts was ■gearoiied;1 Sy;'detectives; 'and;iv;tlio goods! were 'found, vas-,well ;as; a '■ car--: burettbr; whieli! ; ;Condreii vjadiriitted;.^takingvfroin; :a";motpr-cycle^".parked ■-, ati;tlio: side; of ';th©• road iii. Kplbuiiw-?Tlie Sy&r ciised" had :beeiivin);his .':employ-i mciit |f or itwo /years, •;and;;was ..earning gdodlwagtis: ;.;-Hc ,wasTa' single^mkn ]iad; 'becnS";before ;*the:Court-i;ih";;l922, when; ho hadvbeen; senteiiced';^tpj,':six riioiiths' imprisonment ~'for..': theft.;;j,:.-;,;;■ Called By, Mr.. J. Haiina, who; apppaT-" eel for '■' Cqji'dr.onj ;:the manager of.the.firm; with .wliQin, the..'accused: was;.employed,: said that".■jpondfen '. was.-;iii^;a^^posltiqn! of trust as;'a' driver : and! the,;iirm:.had had no pceasioii tq- doubt-his: honesty.' Ho'v^was/l^a^/^y^Uiig^^aiid/^i/^incluatrw^B. .wbrkciV.V.if,-t]ie^ia'ccu3efl'was;:ji'otf.iiupris-. •diictl tlie'flrn'i would" : be;.quitb: prcpured to;]rci]istatc.:hirii';.in';: his.; previous.'employment. ;■;■;' ;■' *■'■:■;':-": :<' .-.'•■'■ ""■■■.;';'■.:. ■'■!.-■■'■ .■Mr. Htinna;said that''.tliq- stolen articles had .been: at, the accused's ' plaoq for^somo" months before tlio dotectiyes fblind; theni. Thq.' articles were, of ;no' iise. 'to Condreiu.. -Qounscl' asked .th<it; the accused .be^ trcat«l.-.as a''"firsfcVof i fender. He hail gone'strnight for-nearly: ten years, •aud. counsel did., not think, it was the purpose of tlio Court, to weigh; (;lio scales clown against a luan with' a conviction over .ten years old. .-. '^Mr- E. Page,. S.M.y fined the, accused £S and ordered him to make.good- damage amounting- to ■;. £1 2s; Gd, ; .pn .the first charge, and.-convicted and /ordered him to come up for scntenco,if called upon within •-twelve i nipnUis- ■ on; ■ the second. •■•'. "•- . ■ v." ■'■ t-■ ■■ :• . .•,•...;';: