TELEGRAMS
(Pur Utrmn Visss Association.)
HAMILTON, December 6. A youth, fifteen years of age, employed as a telegraph messenger and to dear pillar boxes, pleaded guilty to stealing two £1 notes from a postal packet and small sums of money handed him for the transmission of telegrams. The la-cl was committed to the Weraroa Industrial Farm until he is 21 years of a.«e.
WELLINGTON, December 6. Wm. Sheehan, charged on thiee informations to-day with sending three letters through the post containing words of an indecent character, was convicted and lined £5 in each caie.
Two charges.of street betting were brought against' Harry. Johnston to-day. The magistrate decided to take both offences as one, and fined defendant £20.
NAPIER, December 6. A Chinaman- named Loc Fun, alias Lee Fu, was to-day fined £30 and costs, in default three months' imprisonment, for having in his possession opium in a form suitable for smoking.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19091207.2.75
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 14700, 7 December 1909, Page 8
Word Count
151TELEGRAMS Otago Daily Times, Issue 14700, 7 December 1909, Page 8
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.