THEFT FROM CHURCH

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21276, 1 September 1932, Page 14

THEFT FROM CHURCH

COLLECTION BOX RIFLED YOUNG MAN SENT TO PRISON An admission that he had stolen 15s from a collection box in the Roman Catholic Church, New Plymouth, was made by William 11. Yeatman, aged 24, in the Police Court yesterday. Detective-Sergeant Kelly said that on August 10, while visiting New Plymouth, accused spoke to a Roman Catholic priest and asked to be directed to the parish church. Later on the same day another priest saw accused in the church, and it was subsequently discovered that a, collection box for the St. Vincent de Paul' Society had been forced open and the contents, thought to be between 10s and £2, stolon. Accused was interviewed by the police and although he at first denied all knowledge of the offence, he ultimately admitted having taken 15s. He was an unemployed musician and resided in Auckland. He had previously been in trouble, his last conviction being in 1926, when he was sunt to a Borstal institution for two years. "I have nothing to say, sir, but would like my name suppressed," said accused in reply to a question by the magistrate, Mr. W. R. McKean. This request was refused, and accused was sentenced to two months' imprisonment.