STOLEN CHEQUE BOOK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20736, 2 December 1930, Page 14

STOLEN CHEQUE BOOK.

YOUNG MAN'S BAD RECORD

TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT. A bad record for a young man was referred to in the case of Cecil George Ilorry, aged 23, a motor mechanic (Mr. Noble), who appeared before Mr. Justice Smith in the Supremo Court yesterday for sentence on a charge of breaking and entering and theft of a cheque book from a house in Victoria Avenue. Prisoner was stated to be awaiting sentence in the lower Court on 22 charges arising out of the theft of the cheque book, these including four charges of unlawful conversion of motor-cars and 16 of issuing valueless cheques, from which a sum of over £7O was obtained. ' Mr. Noble, on behalf of the prisoner, said that Horry was reported to be a good worker and he did not drink. He seemed to be well enough educated and to be a most presentable young man; yet lie was unstable and committed these crimes. Counsel asked for a light sentence so that the prisoner might realise the folly of his course and turn over a new leaf. "You do not look as though you wcro a member of tho criminal class, but apparently you aro," said His Honor. "You have already been admitted to probation for three years, you have had threo years' reformative detention, and three years' hard labour. You arc coming up for sentence again. On tho present charge you will be sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour."