“A SOCIAL PARASITE.”
GENEROSITY MEANLY REWARDED. t __ WELLINGTON, June 26. How a man rewarded a woman’s generosity by stealing from her was revealed in the Magistrate’s Court to-day, when Harold Hardgreave, alias King, a window cleaner, aged 30, appeared for sentence on charges of theft and failure to comply with the terms of his release on probation. The police said accused told complainant a “ hard luck ” story about a starving wife and family, and while complainant was getting some food for him he stole a suit of clothes, which he sold. He was described, by the probation officer as a social parasite, and was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment, r
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Otago Witness, Issue 3877, 3 July 1928, Page 77
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