THEFT ADMITTED.
' AN HABITUAL CRIMINAL. JUSTICES SUPPRESS NAME. CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 30. Although a man who appeared before justices of the peace in the Magistrate’s Court this morning has been declared an habitual criminal, his name was suppressed from publication. _3 was charged with the theft at Palmerston North on Novembers of a gramophone, valued at £ll los, the property of. Arthur J. Berryman. Chief-Detective Lewis said that accused admitted the theft. He was, however, in the position of haying been declared an habitual criminal, and it was not in the power of that Court to deal with him. The chief detective asked for a remand for * week and said that a request had been made to him that accused s: name should be suppressed because, his mother was ill. f Accused was remanded accordingly* and the Bench acceded to the requests for suppression of his name.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 28, 31 December 1926, Page 8
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146THEFT ADMITTED. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 28, 31 December 1926, Page 8
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