THEFTS IN MANAWATU.
CHIEF JUSTICE’S COMMENT. Wanganui, May 27. At the Supreme Court, Jeffrey Johnson. for tlieit of £OO at Marton, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. Sir Robert Stout (Chief Justice) commented on the number of thefts recently, particularly the wave of crime in the Mannwatil district. It appeared • hat either the police that affected a “go slow” policy, and were not doing their duty, or that some people regarded thrieving ns nothing wrong. He believed the police would do their best to stop this thieving, lint no arrests hnd been made for a series of cases in' M.-innwatu. Oscar Strnngr-bvo. .-■•ready declared nn hab'tual criminal, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for breaking gaol nt Wanmnni, and two years for theft of iewellerv, the sentences to i>e concurrent. He was re-declared an habitual criminal.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 139, 27 May 1920, Page 6
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