THEFT AT WAIHOLA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26027, 15 December 1945, Page 4

THEFT AT WAIHOLA

FOUR MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT ACCUSED’S BAD RECORD “If this offence stood alone I might have considered releasing you on probation,” said Mr Justice Kennedy when Albert James Dickison, a labourer, aged 45, of Waihola, appeared in the Supreme Court yesterday for sentence on a charge of the theft of £65, the property of William John Dickison at Waihola on November 18. “This offence, however, is a recurrence of your former dishonest habits. You have a long list of offences, and at one time you were declared an habitual criminal. You are sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for four months.” Dickison had pleaded not guilty to the charge in the Pplice Court, but when the case came before the Supreme Court he had asked to be allowed to change his plea to guilty. He was not represented by counsel, and he had nothing to say.