A SERIES OF THEFTS
FOUR YOUNG MEN CHARGED i THREE YEARS’ PROBATION (Per United Press Association AUCKLAND, July 22. Four young men who had pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court to a series of charges of breaking and entering and theft were' brought before Mr Justice Fair for sentence in the Supreme Court. The charges involved breaking and entering two warehouses in the city and theft, attempting to break and enter another warehouse, attempting to break and enter a shop, and charges of theft of postal packets from five pillar boxes. In all there were 17 charges. His Honor said he had some hesitation whether he should deal leniently with the type of offences which the young men had admitted. Thefts 0f,.0r interference with, postal matter was a very serious matter. It might throw suspicion upon postal officers, and also cause great inconvenience to the business community. Each accused was admitted to probation for three years.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22630, 23 July 1935, Page 9
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156A SERIES OF THEFTS Otago Daily Times, Issue 22630, 23 July 1935, Page 9
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