THEFT AT CLENAVY STATION.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10594, 25 October 1910, Page 1

THEFT AT CLENAVY STATION.

(Per ,Pbess - ~ ~ Chustehurch, October 21 Tr wJiioli piesentcd borne pecu- ► and m connection Willi Mvhicii.^spme'. strange ; statements v worecounsel, came {■before: the:- Supreme Gourt to-day. ■; John :Jpar-k,' a voutli. of nmeteen, appeared for Sentence ifor&bjpeaUing-and entering and lihelt Tlie ojf (juices wore committed at vthe Glcnavv station 1 ~ , ,Jii AlpeiS, appealed pnsoneri .2nd Mi Wiiyit-fpi-jth&iGrowii ""■ln to an *application for probation, lifs \Honor 'said tjbat'if mattei vhaSp.-- been pi obatjon, biit ,as- r fchenfj'i\\as anothei idi&r-n^itlMi^'tlie' deal with 1 the' matt«r;at* all just jjnvgfS* - fe^Befferrmgytg^thfecase.<£gnding ijfeaajisi' "the jirtstmeTj "^caunsef^fot. ,: lhe (jjefettce said that" i£ -alsoT^was 1 -connectecf the Glenavy.. railway .station 'edi!that..tlie- statnoK^s:assort- of«Jounge: vning men of tEe district. Thej 'ew'ere'v alio wed- to go behind the counter 'change £1 notes foi ~tli Qr nhelves. TKe prisoner's fathei, who was a storekeepferj- practicallv had tlie run of the station The wiioie svstein was so lax rxhat .the breaking and entering was a crime of the most technical character. ■-'His Honor -.said that if application was made for an alteration of the place of, trial in the second count he would ina'ke'the necessary order. The prisoner was; 'admitted to bail, and ordered to appear for sentence after the hearing of the_fdrther charge against him.