WRONGFUL CONVERSION.
YOUTH SENT TO PRISON. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Nov. 21. He was out of work and wished to go to Auckland. This was the excuse Clifford Corrin, aj;ed 18, gave to Mr Salmon, S.M., when pleading guilty to having converted a car valued at £250 to his own use, and with stealing a rim and a tire, valued at £5 13s 3d, the property of Levin and Company. It was stated that accused set off and disposed of the rim and tire at Levin in order to obtain petrol. The car was damaged t<o the extent of £4O and expenses amounting to £lO 2s Id were incurred in getting the car back to Wellington. Corrin had been fined at Te Kuiti for obtaining petrol by false pretences and driving without a license. Corrin, on asking for probation, was addressed by tlio magistrate as follows: “You take a valuable car and misuse it this way and expect to be treated as you suggest. The offence is treated leniently enough by the legislature. The maximum penalty is only three months’. This class of- offence is a serious one and is becoming prevalent.” Corrin got the maximum penalty.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 304, 21 November 1928, Page 8
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197WRONGFUL CONVERSION. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 304, 21 November 1928, Page 8
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