THEFT FROM A CHURCH
A DESPICABLE ACT. REWARDED WITH HARD LABOUR. Unshaven, and looking particularly unhappy, Joseph George Kearsley appeared in the dock yesterday, facing air E. Page, S.M., as the result of a despicable act.. He was charged with the theft of a table and two chairs from St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Buckle street. The articles, which were valued at £2, had been sold to a dealer by the prisoner. A plea of guilty was entered. Senior-Detective Lewis: He has been before the court on a similar class of offence, your Worship. Mr Page: The sentence of the court is two months’ imprisonment with hard labour.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11415, 11 January 1923, Page 4
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109THEFT FROM A CHURCH New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11415, 11 January 1923, Page 4
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