STUDENTS SET TRAP
THEFTS BY COLLEAGUE
TERM OF PROBATION
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, This Day.
"It is a pity the students did not take the matter into their own hands and treat him summarily," said Mr. P- kHunt, S.M., when a University, student aged 23 years pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court to nineteen charges of tnett of books, money, instruments, etc., valued at £24 10s, between November and July
8 Tho police said that there had been an epidemic of thieving, and three students decided to set a .trap, and caught the accused. Nearly all the stolen books had been recovered. Tho accused had no excuse for stealing. The Magistrate: Well, I suppose his career iv the profession is ended now. The accused was admitted to probation for twelve months, and- was ordered to make restitution o£, XI. His uaine was suppressed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 19, 22 July 1933, Page 13
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