A DECEPTIVE FACE.
.*Xle looks at you with a most lamest, expression and tells a deliberate lie remarked Mr May Tlalkett. the Marylebone magistrate, concerning Cbarlcs ’.led'revs (21) ship steward. Jeffreys •vas charged on remand, with stealing jewellery to the value o! £21.0, bolonginr, to .M rs Ha rail Emma Johnstone, dl' Inverness Terrace, Bayswatcr. who bad engaged him from the Chiu eh Army as a. handyman, and had trusted him absolutely. Mrs Johnstone said that she was so grieved and distresses about the matter that it had made her quite ill, and she was sure the man was very sorry, and she Imped the ■magistrate would deal leniently with him. Jeffreys told the magistrate that whilst in prison, on remand, he had bitterly repented his disgusting conduct. Detective Dennis said the man’s one fault was that he could not speak the truth. Jeffreys was placed on probation.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 May 1929, Page 6
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148A DECEPTIVE FACE. Hokitika Guardian, 11 May 1929, Page 6
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