POLICE COURT NEWS
PROBATION FOR BUTCHER
THEFT FROM EMPLOYERS
" This young man was earning good Wages, was single and there was no need for him to steal," said Mr. W. R. ilcKean, S M., in the Police Court yesterday, when a butcher, Leonard Howard Grafton, aged 21. was charged with stealing £27 17s 4d, the property of his employers, between, October 8 and November 16. Accused was stated by his counsel, Mr. yAekins, to have spent two days in prison on remand. Accused was prepared to make restitution, and he had already learned a lesson.
In admitting accused to probation for 12 months, and ordering restitution, the magistrate remarked that some of the people with whom accused had come in contact spoke highly of him. A labourer, Steven Francis Llewellyn Neary, aged 54, was charged with using obscene language and begging alms in Queen Street on Wednesday. " I had been peddling fly-papers, but I was drunk at the time." said accused. Detective-Sergeant Kelly: Ihe last time he was here, he had been peddling indecent photographs, and was given three months. For obscene language, accused was fined £2, in default seven days' imprisonment. For begging alms, he was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19321125.2.169
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21349, 25 November 1932, Page 15
Word Count
202POLICE COURT NEWS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21349, 25 November 1932, Page 15
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in