TEN THEFTS ADMITTED.
YOUNG MAN'S OFFENCES. /THREE YEARS' REFORMATIVE "Ho is a menace, and Ihe best course .is to keep him under restraint, as long as possible," said Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., in the Polico C4t.iri yesterday, ■\vlion dealing with Leslie Clifton Arthur Payne, aged 22, who pleaded guilty to ten charges of theft. The» total value of lb a stolen property, which included overcoats, tools, rugs I and -bicycles, was about £43. The articles • had been stolen from various places in and about the city and 'the majority had been , disposed of to dealers. Chief-Detective Otumnlngs said that nccrsed had 12 previous, convictions for theft. Payne was sentenoed to three years' reformative detention.,; , ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18662, 19 March 1924, Page 12
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115TEN THEFTS ADMITTED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18662, 19 March 1924, Page 12
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