CHEST OF TOOLS STOLEN
,MAN PLACF.D ON PROBATION [iltOM OUR OWN COItIIKSI'ONDKNT] HA M ] LTON, Wed n esday A plea of guilty was entered b\ Frederick Davis',' aged .'l2. of Clarence Street, Hamilton, when charged before Mr. S. L. Paterson, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday, with the theft oi a chest of tools, valued at £lO, from a fellow lodger at a boarding house. Sergeant T. Kelly, who prosecuted, said that in a statement to the police accused said he wanted money and took the tools to a second-hand dealer s shop ill Frankton, where be sold them for 30s. The money had since been spent. This was accused's first, offence, and a term on probation might be appropriate. ' Accused was convicted and placed on probation fur a year, and was ordered to pay back the' !K)s.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22859, 14 October 1937, Page 19
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138CHEST OF TOOLS STOLEN New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22859, 14 October 1937, Page 19
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