CASES OF BURGLARY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23002, 1 April 1938, Page 11

CASES OF BURGLARY

TWO MEN SENTENCED PAST RECORDS MENTIONED Two men who had admitted fcrimee of breaking and entering were sentenced by Mr. Justice Fair & th# Supreme_Court yesterday. A locksmith, John Henry Silva, aged 23, had admitted charges of breaking into the warehouse of the Lusteroid Proprietary, Limited, and into the premises of Tappenden Motors and stealing from them. He had nothing to say. - His Honor said prisoner had a bad record, and at the time he committed these offences he was also committing other offences for which he was now serving a term of imprisonment. The amounts stolen were small, but having regard to his previous record Silva must be sentenced to a term of imprisonment. He would be sentenced to six months' imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to be cumulative with each other, bat concurrent with the sentence he was now serving. If he came before the Court again he must expect a much heavier sentence. A Maori committed from Pukekohe, Wirihana Kerewai, who had admitted breaking into a <dwelling house and •stealing from it, answered His Honor's questions through an interpreter. The only reason ho could give for his wrongdoing was that his father had turned him out of the house. He admitted that he was in regular employment at the time, earning £2 10s a we»k. His Honor suid prisoner had a bad record in the past, and if he went on in tho same way he must expect to spend long terms in prison. H© thoroughly deserved imprisonment, but His Honor proposed to give him another chance to avoid spending his life in prison. The prpbation officer had reported that he was a good worker, and he would be released on probation for two years, on condition that he paid the costs of the prosecution, £2 12s 6d, and that he accepted such work as the probation officer directs him to take. If there was any breach of probation he must expect a sentence of at least six months.