POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20563, 14 May 1930, Page 14

POLICE COURT NEWS.

SEVERAL CASES OF THEFT.

ARTICLES UNLAWFULLY SOLD.

.. Charged with the theft of a wristlet Watch, valued ;it £5 12s 6d, and a phonograph valued at £ll 12s 6d, the property of the Farmers' Trading Company, William Roberts, a labourer, aged 22, pleaded guilty when he appeared in the Police Court yesterday morning. Chief-Detectivo Hammond said accused had obtained the articles under a hirepurchase agreement, and had subsequently f,uld them. Accused waft placed on probation for two years and ordered to make restitution .of the amount of £ls 15s. Seen by a constable, walking along the street with a pair of new boots partially concealed under his coat., Alexander Angus Stewart, aged 74, was charged with the theft of the boots, which were valued at £l. He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. As a result of a watch kept by the police <m a partly-constructed building, Edward Evans, aged 50, was charged with the (licit of timber, valued at ss. Mr. Moody, who represented accused, pleaded guilty. Accused had been driving early in the morning, ho said, and, happening' to sec-some small pieces of timber inside the fence, had taken them. Sub-Inspector Shanahan said a number of thefts from the premises had been complained of, hut there was no suggestion that accused was responsible for them. The magistrate imposed a lino of £5. in default one month's imprisonment. •Accused was allowod a week in which to ipay.