THEFT OF CIGARETTES.
THE " GREY CAP PUSH."
THREE BOYS BEFORE COURT.
" The method alopted by these boys is to order something which will divert the shopkeeper's attention and then to steal from the counter. They are three of a gang of larrikins known as the 'grey-cap push' who roam around Karangahape Road." Thus spoke Sergeant Rowell when referring to the characters of three bovs, aged 15, 16 and 17 years respectively, who admitted the theft on December 8 of 50 packets of cigarettes, valued at £1 10s 3d, the property of S. J. Polglass, when charged in the Juvenile Offenders' Court on Saturday before Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M. Tho youngest boy had been admonished and discharged for theft in July, 1923. The magistrate convicted this boy and ordered him to come up for sentence within 12 months. The other two boys were each admitted to probation for two years. Each of the accused was ordered to make restitution to tho amount of 10s Id forthwith.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18888, 22 December 1924, Page 8
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