POLICE COURT NEWS.
CHARGES OF VAGRANCY.
One month's imprisonment was the sentence passed upon George Arthur Thomson, aged 35, who was brought before Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., in the Police Court on Saturday morning on a charge of vagrancy. Sergeant Rowel! said the aocused had been doing no work but had been begging at the railway station entrance. The magistrate said the accused had a very bad record for a strong man, but drink had caused his downfall. A lad, 17 years of age, pleaded guilty to a charge of vagrancy and the theft of three eggs and a comb. Sergeant Rowell said the accused was making a bad start in life. He had enlisted in the Navy but had twice deserted from H.M.S. Philomel. A Devonport lady who oould ill afford it took him to live at her home to give him a fresh start, and ho repaid her kindness by stealing various articles and idling about the place. Accused was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence at a later date. Norman Stewart Ward, aged 20, who wis admitted to three years' probation at tho Supreme Court, was brought before the magistrate for sentence on four minor theft charges. Accused was ordered to make restitution to the extent of £6 8s 9d and come up for sentence in a year.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18050, 27 March 1922, Page 5
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