MAORI SENT TO GAOL
"Unfortunately, this man belongs to a class that is rare with Maoris; he is more given to dishonesty than he is to hard work," said Detective-Sergeant P. Doyle in the Magistrate's Court on Saturday, after outlining' the facts against Kingi Waari, a labourer, aged 25, who pleaded guilty to two charges of theft. Waari was convicted by Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., and sentenced to three months' imprisonment on each charge, to be cumulative., Mr. Doyle said Waari had stolen a watch, spectacles, and £3 5s in money from a returned soldier who had come to Wellington and had gone on a drinking bout. Waari and a companion had followed the man up Sydney Street, where relieved him of h;o pro3»rty. Th« oth«r i>flence concerned the theft of oilski*.* rmd a Irora premise in Lower Hutt.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 2, 3 July 1939, Page 6
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140MAORI SENT TO GAOL Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 2, 3 July 1939, Page 6
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