"PASSION FOR CARS"
C MAN SENT TO GAOL
"This man has a passion fbr motorcars^ and I can only suggest his object in climbing over the gate was dishonest," said Sub-Inspector J. A. Dempsey in the Magistrate's Court today, when Ludwig Sigurd Larsen, a labourer and seaman, aged 41, appeared before Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., charged with being deemed to be a rogue and vagabond in that he was
found by night, without lawful ex-
cuse, in the enclosed yard of Dominion Motors assembly factory in Thorndon Quay. Sub-Inspector Dempsey said 'thatXa constable saw Larsen climb bvejr the gate after making two or
three unsuccessful attempts to do so. When questioned, Larsen said, "I _ wanted to get shelter from the rain." The Magistrate imposed a sentence of three months' imprisonment with hard labour. *
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 105, 31 October 1939, Page 11
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