PRISON FOR THEFT
YOUNG HEIR TO £90,000 STOLE MOTOR-CAR WORTH £lO LOS ANGELES.' Oct. 17 A 20-year-old heir to a £90,000 fortune has been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for the theft of a motorcar valued at £lO. He is Francis Spaulding, who will receive an income of £3750 a year, starting from his 21st birthday. It was revealed at his trial that he had previously stolen five other cars. Spaulding pleaded to be placed on probation. "My money was too slow coming," he said. "You need a good whipping," said the Judge, in passing sentence. Spaulding will spend his 21st birthday in San Quentin gaol.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23177, 25 October 1938, Page 9
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