THEFT OF WATCH

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 149, 9 June 1936, Page 9

THEFT OF WATCH

Man Who Made No Effort to Find Owner SEVEN DAYS’ GAOL By Telegraph—Press Association PALMERSTON N-, June 8. When Richard do Courtuays Venning Thomas, of Gisborne, found a gold wristlet watch on the streets of Rotorua in December last he kept it, subsequently disposing of it to a secondhand dealer at Palmerston North. The sequel was his appearance before the Court to-day on a charge of theft of the timepiece, the property of some person unknown. Detective-Sergeant Bickerdike stated that the accused sold the watch in January last under the name of Arthur Colin Orchard, this name corresponding with tho initials on the back of the watch. At tho same ti-Jio he sold other goods to Ihe same second-hand dealers under his own name. Tho accused had admitted that he should have made inquiries for the owner but had not done so. The detective-sergeant added that the police also had made extensive inquiries but had been unable to find the owner. The accused had been in Court previously. Thomas asked that his name be suppressed. Tho Magistrate: What? With theft, bigamy and false pretences? Certainly not. The accused was sent to gaol for seven days.