HUTT VALLEY THEFTS
MAN FOR SENTENCE
GOODS FOUND IN BACH
A number oil burglaries in the Hutt Valley, some of considerable magnitude, were cleared up in the Petonc Court today, when Leslie- George Panninter, aged 33, engineer and carpenter, pleaded guilty to three charges of breaking and entering and theft, two charges of theft, and two charges of being in possession of unregistered firearms. The total value.of the property concerned in tho charges was £292. Parmintcr was committed by Messrs. A. Coles and W. Fitzgerald, J.P.s, to tho Supreme Court at Wellington for sentence. Detective W. McLennan conducted the ease for the police. The charges against Parmiuter were: —Being in possession of an unregistered pistol; being in possession of an unregistered rifle; breaking and entering tho shop 'of the Self-Help Co-op., Trcntham, and stealing a quantity of cigarettes, tobacco, and groceries, of a total value of £70 14s .Id; breaking and entering by night . the . dwelling-house of Emil Arthur Rodgcrs at Haywards and stealing a quantity of goods and material of a total value of £76 17s 6d; breaking aud entering the shop of Stiles and Deans' at Lower Hutt and stealing a quantity of tools of a total value of £130; at. Haywards stealing a quantity of cutlery, crockery, and clothing of "a total value of £10, the property of the Manor Park Golf Club and others; at To Marua, Upper Hutt, stealing a quantity of goods and material of a total value of £4 13s 6d, the property of the Te Marua Golf Club. Edward Arthur Peterson, manager of the Self Help Co-op, shop at Trentham, stated that he left the premises at 4.30 p.m. on September 30, and on returning at 7.45 a.m. the next day found that entry hud been made by boring a hole in the floor. A large quantity of cigarettes, tobacco, and goods, valued at £70 14s Id, was missing. Tho valuo of the goods recovered was £53 11s lid. Emil Arthur Rodgers, commercial traveller, said ho was the owner of a house at Haywards. On September IS he left tho house securely locked up, but on returning about 6 p.m. on September 22 ho found that entry had been made to the. house by cutting a hole ia tho kitchen window, and goods and material of a total value of £76 17s Cd were missing. Almost all of the property had been recovered, although some of it was in a damaged condition. John Thomas Stiles, who is in business in Railway Avenue, Lower Hutt, stated that between 10.30 p.m. on July 15 and 8 a.m. tho following day the premises were broken into and a largo quantity of tools stolen from tho workshop. Entrance was effected by breaking a. rear window and oponing the back door. The total value of tho tools stolen was £130, but with two exceptions all the property had been recovered. Tho hon. secretary and treasurer of the Manor Park Golf Club, John Leonard Barnard, said that on the night .of July 12 tho golf house was broken into, entrance being effected by forcing the side door. Knives, forks, spoons, plates, and saucers, a jug, a pair of oilskin trousers, ■an overcoat, j and a jersey, of a total value of £10, were stolen, and a quantity of provisions was also missing. He could definitely identify tho trousers produced in Court. Alfred Edmunds, greonkeepcr and caretaker of the Te Marua Golf Club, Upper Hutt, stated that the golfhouse was broken into between April 16 and 18, and property of a total value of £4 13s Gd was taken. - Eutranco was made by breaking a window. He could definitely identify an axe and saw as the property of tho golf club. POLICE EVIDENCE. Constable C, Joss, of Upper Hutt, stated that on October 15 he visited tho defendant in the course of inquiries into another matter, and while in his bach he decided to search for firearms. Ho discovered a box full of tobacco of various brands. He asked the defendant where he obtained the tobacco, and Parmintcr admitted that it was stolen from the Self Help shop at Trentham. "Witness then arrested him. DoItcctive McLennan took over tho case, and on a search of the bach being mado a large quantity of property alleged to have been stolen was found. A riile and a pistol manufactured from a sawuoft" pea-rifle were also found. Detective W. McLennan gave evidence that he- searched the bach in ■Whitman's Valley in company with Constables Stewart and Joss and found there all the property produced. He interviewed the defendant, who admitted the offences with which he was now charged. Parmintcr stated that he had broken up the stove which ho took from tho house of Mr. Rodgors.
Iv connection with tho charges relating to firearms, Parminter was convicted and discharged. An order was mado for tho confiscation of the firearms.
An order was made- for the return of tho property to tho various owners.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 101, 26 October 1934, Page 11
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831HUTT VALLEY THEFTS Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 101, 26 October 1934, Page 11
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