CONSCIENCE AT REST
DID THEFT CONFESSED BY CONVERTED MAN IPf.b United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, September 27. Joining a Gospel mission, Kenneth John Coad, a relief worker, was converted and wanted to set his conscience at rest, so ho railed at the police station with two bicycles and a cycle lamp and generator which had been stolen two years ago, and made a confession. Coad appeared in the Police Court to-day, and told the magistrate that he wanted to clear his mind and get the proceedings over quickly, but Mr Mosley, ‘S.M., explained that the court had no jurisdiction for offences more than two years old, and accused would have to go to the Supreme Court. He was committed for trial. Ihe police said the owner of one cycle had been located.
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Evening Star, Issue 21836, 27 September 1934, Page 8
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131CONSCIENCE AT REST Evening Star, Issue 21836, 27 September 1934, Page 8
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