CITY POLICE COURT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26033, 22 December 1945, Page 5

CITY POLICE COURT

Friday, December 21 (Before Mr H. S. Bundle, S.M.) Crate of Eggs Stolen “ I was very drunk or I would never have done this,” was the excuse put forward by Victor Herbert Miller, a labourer, aged SO, when he pleaded guilty to the theft of a crate of 360 eggs, valued at £3, the property of Dick Nobilo.—Chief Detective T. Y. Hall said that on the evening of December 15 Miller was seen carrying a crate of eggs along the right-of-way by the Town Hall, and he was accosted as he was trying to put the crate into a taxi. He told the detectives that he had “hoisted” the eggs from the back of the Octagon Cafe, and had intended to sell them. Miller had had liquor, but was not drunk. He had been in England with the armed forces and in January, 1941, he was sentenced in the Central Criminal Court. London, for robbery—The accused said that he had not teen in Dunedin long, and had been working on the wharf. He had served with the Second Echelon, and he was a soldier when he was in trouble in England—“ You were not much credit to your uniform,” the magistrate said. Miller was sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment. Breach of Probation A breach of the terms ,of his release on probation was admitted by William Joseph Dunn, a labourer, aged 57. The probation officer (Mr E. F. Moslev) said that - one of the conditions on which Dunn was released on probation last March was that he should not annoy a woman. He had ignored that condition, and had made a thorough nuisance of himself. He had been warned several times, ana had made promises, but his word was worthless. He was addicted to drink and the use of bad language and, Mr Mosley added, was a very vindictive man.—Mr C. H. Stevens, who appeared for Dunn, said that the accused had no intention of ever again going near the woman.—Dunn was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within 12 months, and the magistrate gave instructions that if he broke the condition of his release again he was to be brought before the court immediately.' “If that happens, and the facts are established,” he said, “you will go to gaol.”