THREE MONTHS' GAOL
"He has a list, ana he Is a receiver of stolen goods," said Sub-Inspector D. J. O'Neill in the Magistrate's Court today, when John Walter Johnstone, a steward, aged 41, appeared before Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., charged with the theft of a small roll of carpet runner valued at £3, the property of the Te Aro Furnishing Company. The manager of the company described how Johnstone had come into the shop, asked the price of the roll of carpet, 'and made an offer of an absurd price. IHe left the shop, and witness also left. , The accused went some distance up ' the street, then crossed over and went [back into the shop. Witness waited, jand then the accused came but with | the roll of carpet on his shoulder. ; The accused said that the reason he
[took the carpet was to get blankets | and food until he got a job. He thought ihe could dispose of it, and it would I keep him going until he got some pay.
The accused was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.'
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 132, 7 June 1939, Page 8
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180THREE MONTHS' GAOL Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 132, 7 June 1939, Page 8
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