MEAN THEFTS
GAOL PENALTY EXACTED
[Pes United Press Association.]
WELLINGTON, January .9,
A sentence of sx months* imprisonment was to-day imposed by Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M., on' Henry Barrett, aged 47, a butcher and labourer, for tbeft. Barrett had several free meals at the men’s shelter conducted by the Rev. Fielden Taylor and yesterday entered Mr Taylor’s private quarters and stole an attache case containing money and goods valued at £4 9s 6d. The accused had many previous convictions, besides which he violently resisted Constable Downes while being taken to the Mount Cook Police Station. The constable was forced to wait till the arrival of a sergeant, after which Barrett was handcuffed.
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Evening Star, Issue 22233, 10 January 1936, Page 12
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113MEAN THEFTS Evening Star, Issue 22233, 10 January 1936, Page 12
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