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"CANNOT GO STRAIGHT."

ACCUSED MAN'S PLEA. REBUKE BY MAGISTRATE. [Ts\' TELECRAriI. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NAPIER, Tuesday. "I have been brought up among criminals ever since 1 was four years old, and 1 cannot go straight," said William Eric Cooper, aged 26, who appeared in the Police Court to-day before Mr. A. M. Mowlem, S.M., on a charge of stealing two cheques for £6 Bs. He pleaded guilty. "The only way I can get a living is by unlawful means," said Cooper. "I have been in 50 jobs, but cannot earn a living." Tho Magistrate: Jt is nobody else's fault flint you get yourself into trouble of this kind. If that is the way you look at things then you have only yourself to blame if you come before the Court. Accused: That is tho way 1 do look at tilings. The Magistrate: You are quite wrong to look at it that way. I cannot assist you if you keep on breaking tho law. Whether you have had a bad spin or not is another question. At all events, you liavo certainly not assisted yourself. A sentence of three months' imprisonment was imposed.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20901, 17 June 1931, Page 12

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"CANNOT GO STRAIGHT." New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20901, 17 June 1931, Page 12

"CANNOT GO STRAIGHT." New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20901, 17 June 1931, Page 12