LIGHT FINGERED
BAD CASE OF THEFT
MAN STEALS FROM BENEFACTOR
“This is a particularly had case,” said Detective Nuttall at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday when Frederick Harris Sanders, a middle-aged man. was charged with theft of women’s clothing, valued at £l7 6s sd, the property of Mary Neill. The accused, who was arrested by Detective R. Hunt, had previously been convicted of theft at Christchurch in 1916, and sentenced to six months’ hard labour. Detective Nuttall went on to say that the accused met the complainant at Rotorua, and subsequently called on her when she returned to Wellington. Complainant took pity on him, and gave him a room. AVTiile she was ill he offered to take care of her shop, and during tho time he was in charge ho stole several articles -v.hica he Sold to a second-hand dealer for a few shillings. Several other articles were also missed, but the accused denied stealing these. The magistrate: I will treat you to the same sentence again, and I hope it will keep your fingers from being light in the future. You will bo sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12252, 25 September 1925, Page 6
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188LIGHT FINGERED New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12252, 25 September 1925, Page 6
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