DOCKRILL DOCKED.

NZ Truth, Issue 692, 21 September 1918, Page 6

DOCKRILL DOCKED.

The casual way m which people leave their luggage unguarded m hotel passages and on railway platforms and steamers has often been made the sub.ject of comment by visitors from the other side. The average traveller, however, still continues to take a chance. An illustration of this cropped up in '. the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, when Ernest Joseph Stanley Dockrill appeared ■ before Magistrate Riddell, charged with the theft of a suit case, two suits and A QUANTITY OF CLOTHING, valued at £.13 10s, the property of William Piatt. The accused was employed aa a hotel porter and lifted the spoil m the passage of the hotel where it had been left by its owner while he' went "to see a man about a dog." The property was subsequently, disposed of to a second-hand dealer. Senior- Serf geant Willis stated that, accused's trouble had been brought about by drink, and that he had a bad record. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. mMaammamKmmamft^maßmeMmammmKmtam^aQamv-armmaaanmnmimmii sw__~w — »—