SENTENCE REVISED
THEFT OF A WALLCT
_ The sentence which last week he intimated ho intended to ini|*)se on Harold Piper, musician, aged ?/5 (Mr. Henry), for the theft of a wallet and contents valued at £1.20 was revised in the prisoner's favour by Mr. Justice Kaii- yesterday. The wallet had been mislaid at an entertainment, and was afterwards falsely claimed by prisoner as his own. His Honor said that when the mattor was before him recently ho intimated that if the stolen property was recovered he would grant probation, and if restitution was made he would take that into consideration in imposing sentence. On October ](> the properly had not been recovered, but restitution had been made, and lie intimated that he would impose a sentence of six months' imprisonment. Since then he had learned thfit Mr. Henry had understood him to say that it' restitution were made probation would be granted. In the eircuiv.stances he had decided to impose one month's imprisonment, to commence from October 10
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24104, 24 October 1941, Page 5
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