Feilding Police Court
THEFT OF A SUIT OF CLOTHES. Henry Doran, a native of Liverpool, was sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment by Messrs J. W. Bramwell and A. J. Geary, J.’sP., at the Feilding Police Court yesterday for tho theft of a suit of clothes, valued at £2 10s, tho property of George Smith. Sergeant Cahill informed tlie court that accused was “a bird of passage” who had been in New Zealand about seven years. On Tuesday last, he entered a whare at Kimbolton and took the suit of clothes. ' Suspicion fell on accused who had been seen about the district and he was arrested near Colyton by Constable Ruddle. In 1925 accused had been convicted for drunkenness and disorderly behaviour as well as for indecent exposure. Accused elected to be dealt with summarily and in pleading guilty, stated that he thought the whare unoccupied. Sentence as above stated, was then passed.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6788, 20 February 1932, Page 3
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152Feilding Police Court Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6788, 20 February 1932, Page 3
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