POLICE COURT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21225, 4 July 1932, Page 7

POLICE COURT NEWS.

THEFTS BY YOUTH. "This boy was before the Court yesterday and was placed on probation fo£ three years for the theft of bicycles,'* said Detective-Sergeant Kelly, when Raymond Leslie Parker, aped 17|, printer* pleaded guilty in the Police Court oti Sat- ' urday to a charge of stealing a radioset valued at £l9 10s. .Mr. W. R. Me- , Kean, S.M., was on the Bench. Mr. Kelly said accused obtained tha set for demonstration purposes and sold " it to a, second-hand dealer for £6 lfc. The dealer paid an instalment of £1 5s and later informed the police that lie thought the set had been stolen." After being dealt with by the Court on' Friday accused called on the dealer to"collect the balance of the £6 10s, and; was detained by a constable. As accused » . had nob been very truthful -to the police and as other inquiries were yet to be made regarding further alleged thefts, a.: remand was asked for. "> _ "It looks as though you will end up irethe Borstal, but I do "not want to send, you there yet," the magistrate said tov accused; "I will remand you in custody, for a week to show you where you are heading." Mr. McKean directed that ac-.. cused should fce kept apart from other, prisoners in th» meanwhile. An ex-jockey, Leslie "Wilson, aged 25,-. was charged w'ii.h stealing a bicycle valued", at £lO 17s. On the application of Mr*,; Kelly, who said the police desired to'make_ further inquiries, accused was remandedin custody until next Friday. ' « *