PAIR ADMIT THEFT

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 24 April 1935, Page 5

PAIR ADMIT THEFT

Jewellery Valued at £BO Stolen From Willis St. Shop MATCHES, RINGS AND LINKS ONE PILLED HIS POCKETS By Telegraph — F?e>« Association.) WELLINGTON, To-day. James Edwin Whitty aged 24, a seaman, and William Henry Cruickshanks, 'aged 24, a baker, pleaded guilty to-day to a charge of thieving watches, rings ■and sleeve links valued at about £BO from a shop in Willis Street.

Emile Arnold Cattin, occupier of the shop, said that when he returned to his shop on April 8 he found it had been entered by a fanlight. The shop was in disorder, with pads strewn about the floor. Jewellery amounting to £75 in value had not been recovered. Detective Hayliuers said he interviewed the two accused. White said he and a companion decided to break into the shop on the Sunday night. 'Cruickshanks waited outside while he went in and filled his pockets. He gave Cruickshanks three watelies and a diamond ring. Cruickshanks had told him that he sold two of the watches and gave him back the third. He did not know what had become of the ring. The detective concluded by saying it was likely that the missing jewellery would be recovered.

The accused were committed to tho Supremo Court for sentence, and an order was made for the return of the stolen property.