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Evening Star, Issue 23174, 25 January 1939, Page 18

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MAGISTRATE'S WARNING. “ Unfortunately there are so many young men coining before tile court these days that it is becoming a matter for serious consideration whether the continued leniency should he extended as a result of the pleas put forward by counsel on their behalf,’’ said Mr Luxford, S.M.. after hearing submissions by Mr Hardie Boys regarding his client, Henry John Westbrooke (21), a clerk, who admitted four charges of theft from the Wellington Woollen Company, the amounts totalling over £4O. “ Here you arc earning a wage which a man has to keep a family on.” said Mr Luxford to the accused- “ T don’t foci inclined at the present moment to grant probation to you. f think it is a ease for reformative treatment.” The accused was stood down till tomorrow for sentence. He was stated to he receiving £4 5s a week as wages and was paying 30s to his parents for his hoard. Mr Hardie Boys: “The father is entirely unable to account for the thefts except for the fact that lie had bought a motor cycle, for which lie paid at the rate of £1 a week, and for which he paid £25 for repairs after an accident.”— ‘Wellington Press Association. STOCK EXCHANGE. Sales reported: Rural Bonds, £93 10s; Dunedin Drainage Board Debentures; 4;\ per cent. (194750). £lOl 10s.