THEFT OUTSIDE HOTEL.
FOUR MEN CONCERNED. ONE SENT TO PRISON. "Accused is known as ;i beachcomber uiifl takes flown drunken men," k;iid Delectivc-Sergeant Kelly, when a ship's lireman, Jolni Ryan, aged 36, was charged in (be l'olico Court yesterday with Ibo theft of a silver watch and chain, a ring, a modal tipd a, purse, of a total value, of £4 10s, from William Waddiiigton on April 4. Ryan said ho could remember nothing of Ilia incident. Wuddington said bo was in an outhouse at an hotel when four men caino in. Three of them held him while the other wont through his pockets. lie was almost certain that accused was one of the four. Detective-Sergeant McHugh said that when Ryan was arrested for drunkenness the aiticles wtire found in his possession, lie denied all responsibility. Ryan had boon sentenced to two months' imprisonment on February 5, and after being released on April 4 was re-arrested the following day and again on April 7, when ho was sentenced to three days' imprisonment in default of a fine. On April 4 he had been drinking in the city with other seamen "who lived on their wits."
Sentence of six months' imprisonment was imposed by Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20537, 11 April 1930, Page 14
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208THEFT OUTSIDE HOTEL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20537, 11 April 1930, Page 14
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