THEFT OF TOOLS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18771, 26 July 1924, Page 11

THEFT OF TOOLS.

COMMON IN WELLINGTON. "The theft ofcarpenters' tools is quite a common thing In Wellington. / ;: We: have I'ecently received a complaint l;ram the secretary of the anion about the; amount \ of thieving going on. 1 ' ,So said > Chief- ; Detective Kemp in the IMaKistratia'e Court I on Tuesday* in reference to a carpenter, 29 years o'f age, Arthur George|Hughes, ', who pleaded guilty charge of theft of cairpeiiters'* fcpols to t!ie . v»luei " of £14, and! the theft of a bicycle and 1 plumbers' requisites to; the value of. £10. ? ' * The theft: of carpenters'; tools ja a ; very difficult thing t& detecti," added the chief ' detective. " A carpenter's kjt i&ay con- * tain tools lb £sp,;*pd asbe; requires them on "his job, it is often diffi- ' cult to secure them in a proper way, and! \ the whole of the kit is at the iaxercy of 1 the first thief who comes along.',S : ■/;■■- "I have-bad a very disappointed■■;life, 9 and hava given way to driiik," the ' accused explained. ■ It--was while I wsa } under the; influence of drink j that the fc thefts weriii'committed. '* v'-The magistrate, 3 Mr. E. Piige r 8.M., imposed ajj sentence of six months' imprisonment on, eaclv of three charges, the terms to be concurrent