CAR STOLEN.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 4 August 1924, Page 5

CAR STOLEN.

BOYS BEFORE THE COURT. NEXT TIME MOUNT EDEN. (by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, Aug. 3. The theft of a motor car from the parking area in Commerce street on July 9 resulted in three lads appearing at the Juvenile Court charged with converting to their own use a motor ear valued at £250, the property ofWilliam J. Truscott. Two of the boys were brothers, one aged 15 and the other 17. The other accused was 16 years of age, and pleaded guilty to two charges of converting cars to his own use. The brothers pleaded not guilty. The 16-year-old boy said he formerly worked at the garage, and, when one of the other boys said he would like to learn to drive, he took the car, subsequently abandoning it in a suburb. Chief-Detective Cummings said the boy who had driven the car admitted he had taken another ear from Commerce street. The cases were looked upon seriously, as such youthful and inexperienced motorists were a menace to pedestrians.

The ringleader, who drove the ear, was placed on probation for a year on the first charge and fined'£lo on the second. The Magistrate (Mr Hunt.) said the other two boys knew quite well the car had been taken, and they were equally to blame.- They were also placed on probation for a* year. Mr Hunt severely admonished the three boys, and said if they ever touched , property that did not belong to them again they would be sent to Mount Eden. ■