HOUSEBREAKING TOOLS
/ .young seaman in court ADVICE FROM MAGISTRATE [BT TKI.KCRArH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Tuesda.v In convicting John Joseph Hodgens, aged 18, seaman, who was charged with being a rogue, and a vagabond in that he was found without lawful excuse in possession of implements for housebreaking, a. screwdriver, file and rubber gloves, and with two minor charges of theft. Mr. W. F. Stihvell, S.M., said: "You are only a lad, and you have Wade a pretty had start in this country. I cannot help hut feel that you should be given a chance of pulling yourself together and settling down. Vour atmosphere' seems to savour of the romantic as a result of your read"ig trashy magazines. I hope so. If you want'to carry on. in the direction Ton indicate you are in for a pretty sorry time."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23052, 1 June 1938, Page 17
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138HOUSEBREAKING TOOLS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23052, 1 June 1938, Page 17
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