EXTENSIVE THEFTS.
STABLE HAND PLEADS GUILTY. COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE. (Feb United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, December 20. James Porter, a stable hand, aged 2.1, pleaded guilty at the Police Court to nine charges that he had broken into six buildings and stolen goods of a total value of £BS 2s Cd. Porter (alias Thompson, alias Williams, alias Jackie Coogan) was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. He was not represented by counsel, and there was no request for bail. The goods stolen included jewellery, clothing, cigarettes and chocolates, a gramophone and records, a jockey’s outfit (saddle, bridle, spurs, boots, riding breeches, and racing colours). Chief Detective Hammond said that three of the charges could be taken summarily, but Porter preferred to be sentenced for nil his misdeeds in the Supreme Court. The chief detective added that all the offences were admitted in the statements made by the accused. He had been employed in a racing stable at. Troutham, but his employer had gone to Australia. Coming to Auckland a short time, ago, he had found himself with no fixed place of abode.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20906, 21 December 1929, Page 11
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182EXTENSIVE THEFTS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20906, 21 December 1929, Page 11
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