THREE MONTHS' GAOL
Pleading guilty to the theft of £2 17s Id, the property of Alma Rachel Wilkie, Harvey Ashworth, 27, was sentenced to three months' hard labour by Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., in the Magis--trate's Court today. Detective-Sergeant E. H. Compton said that Ashworth had found the complainant's door open in the boarding-house where he stayed and removed the money from her handbag. When questioned he admitted the offence and explained that he needed the money to pay his rent. He had several previous convictions.
"I'll make restitution," offeree! Ashworth when asked if he had anything to say. \
"No you won't, you'll go to gaol for three months," replied the.; Magistrate.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 134, 4 December 1944, Page 6
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113THREE MONTHS' GAOL Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 134, 4 December 1944, Page 6
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