THEFT OF FOUR HATS.
THREE MONTHS IN GAOL.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON. Thursday. " His desire to be of assistance was probably actuated by a desire to commit theft," said Chief-Detective Ward of William Henry Gardiner, a hotel porter, aged 36 years, who in the Magistrate's Court to-day denied the theft of four ladies' hats belonging to Freda Parkinson. The chief detective stated that the sisters of the Seatoun Convent were giving a concert last Thursday evening. Gardiner " butted in " uninvited and made himself busy by helping them. When the entertainment was over he took the four hats which had been lent. The accused had a long list of previous convictions. Gardiner's explanation was that he took the hats to his home fully intending to return them later. They were thare about a week, but he did not communicate with the sisters. , I Mr. E. Page, S.M., imposed a jti three mantis' anpriaaumak . ; '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19471, 29 October 1926, Page 11
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