THREE MONTHS' GAOL
CONVERSION OF^CARS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) HAMILTON, March 15. A plea of guilty was entered by Kenneth 'Hugh -Gough, a farm haiid, 27 years of age, in the Morrinsville Court on-^fwo charges of converting motorcars and a charge of stealing a -pair of motcfr "gauntlets. v The accused admitted taking a car from outside a picture theatre and driving to a country danco< on.-' Saturday night; also on February 24" taking a car from a yard of a hotel,-and 'driving to a country dance. The vehicle was abandoned when he ran out of petrol. The accused took the 'gloves in the car. A previous list of seven charges of conversion was known against the- accused, and the previous convictions, it was stated, "had had no deterrent effect. The.accused was sentenced to three months' reformative detention on each charge of conversion, the' terms to be served On the- charge of theft lie was ' convicted and discharged.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 64, 16 March 1934, Page 4
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157THREE MONTHS' GAOL Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 64, 16 March 1934, Page 4
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