SLEEPING SICKNESS
CAUSE OF MAN’S OFFENCE Auckland, Oct. 5. Pleading guilty to a charge of theft of a diamond ring valued at £2O, Randolf James Ferguson, 30, appeared before Mr Paterson, S.M., in Hamilton. Senior- Sergeant McHugh said accused entered a jeweller’s shop and took the ring from a showcase behind the counter. He then tried to sell it. Accused was earning nearly £8 a week. Counsel said accused came from a most respectable family. When a child he had had an attack of sleeping sickness. He had served overseas in the Army, but had been discharged on medical grounds with a good character. The magistrate said lie was satislied accused’s lapse was due to sleeping sickness. He admitted him to probation for a year.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 6 October 1942, Page 2
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