COMBING BEACHES

Northern Advocate, 31 January 1927, Page 6

COMBING BEACHES

IN UNLAWFUL MANNER

HARD-CASE YOUTH,

GETS TWO YEARS’ GAOL.

AUCKLAND, This Day.

Just released from the Borstal Institution, Richard Howe, aged 19 years, lost no time in reverting to his criminal method of living, and yesterday morning he pleaded guilty in the Police Court to nine charges of theft. Visiting beach shacks and bungalows on the west coast, -ho has stolen goods and money to the value of £42 Ids sd.

“I think I’ll give him what I gave Brewer and Concord yesterday—six months’ hard labour and two years’ reformative detention,” said Mr Hunt, B.M.

The probation officer, Mr Campbell, said lie thought a fairly long term was merited.

"Oh, this boy is not, ns bad as those two,” said Senior-Detective Hammond, “not by a long' way. He is of a different type and tells the truth.” “Very well, then. I’ll give him rc-

formative detention without the hard labour,” said the Magistrate; “lie’ll lie out of the way for two years.” The offences wore committed at. TTuia, Whatipn, Oroua Bay and Onehunga, and among the things stolen were a camera and a case of surgical instruments. Only IDs Old was re-

' covered. j Howe told the poliee lie had l/hrown many of the stolen articles 1 away, and had thrown a brooch into 1 the sea. Previously he had been given ■ two years’ probation for theft and later was sentenced to 12 months’ reformative detention..—Press Assn.