THEFTS OF BOOKS
OVER TWO-YEAR PERIOD \ ' j f. ' GUILT ADMITTED (I '.y Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, This Day. lii tho- Polico Court today, Henry Ccc 3 Bcckingsale, figed 34 years, a j Citjf Corporation electrical inspector, I adn t itted that during the last two years ho hi id stolen 224 books, valued at £ 61, from various shops •in the city, ascril bing his conduct to his fondness for boot s and his being unable to resist the torn* itation of taking them. 1\ To" police stated that1 tho accused won] d order periodicals from different shog 3 and call for them with a brief bag-. Whilo in the shops ho would | seles t the books he intended to steal, j mov< ) them to tho back of the cases, and then1 slip them into the bag.. All the booi s were of good quality and a high stau dard. Xt hen his homo was searched 550 new' books were found,in his possession, but counsel said that only 224 of these had been stolen; the accused had a'substau liallibrary of his own. ■ A' cicused was remanded till this afternod .1. • ■ .'-.■■ . .; ' »
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 109, 5 November 1934, Page 10
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188THEFTS OF BOOKS Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 109, 5 November 1934, Page 10
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