SERIES OF CHARGES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17241, 24 April 1930, Page 12

SERIES OF CHARGES

TWO YEARS' PROBATION YOUNG MAN'S FIRST LAPSE Pleading guilty to a variety «»I' i li;ir«< s some of wini h were nf a sei ion , nature, Norman Hugh .le is. abas Norman Pru'-tor. 22, was admitted In probation I'm two vears bv Messrs. 11. M. Porter ami 1. Mini.•!,!. -is.]'., in the Police Court this morning. The accused nas'char-cd with obtain iug from Allen Bins, ami Johnstone <»n April 111 goods to the value i.f £r> le

means of false pretences, repioseni iug tha' he had an account \\ il If (he linn. ami would pay at the office ; wit h o>« tainiin.' goods from the same linn on April 14 to tha value of £:> by; means of n similar false pretenco: with stealing at Turiroii on March ':.> a pan of motor car number plates belonging to Nul;" Green: with unlawfully converting f " his own use at Napier cm March '2. r i a uir value I at £l5O. belonging io Charles Thomas Cowlink. inspector of the National Insurance Co., Napier: with unlaw Fiillv damaging tiu« ear Io the ex Leu! of C2O between March 2."> and April 16, and with obtaining from the Toiiris! Garage mi Vpril 15 a Ivre and lube valm : d al CI 1> by falsi- pri'lenccs. representing thai be would go to hi' hotel and return and pay for I he articles. When given his election, the accused -hose to I e dealt with bv the lower ■ourl. ami pleaded guilty Io all charges. Jeffs came to Cishorue three wee'--*

mo. looking for work, according to Senior Sergeant Wade. \\ hen he lefl Nnpicr he had :■" money, and no means of 'gelling Mo (INbovue, »nd wln-i he saw the car standing Ict ide tlit road the temptation was too gre;.,( for him. lie drove it through to [', isbor.ie, but on arrival here il began to give (rounle. and he then incurred delfts with Alien Bros, and Johnston" for benzine and parts. On his wav to Gisborne he saw an old car standiicr on the roadside and took the number plates oil' it attaching them to the car he was driving and throwing away the others, wind had since been recovered. One of the tyres gave trouble, and be obtained a new tyro and tube from the Tourist Garage, savin" thai he would go to hi* hotel and eel urn with the money. He had 18s when arres'ed. "1 have 1.-UO i n him for about lour vears," added the senior-sergeant, ''and during thai lime he was a resnectable boy. He was formerly employed by the Public Wor'-s Department, but since he hist Hint iidi he has been unable to get work, and the! niwears Io |-<- the cause of his downfall. I think Ibis is a ease that co dd !■' ni'-l by probation, on con d'lion that he makes restitution. It is his first lapse."

The Heii'.h : We are sorry Io see a voting man in Ibis position, but no doubt you realise yourself now what you have dime, and w-e hope you will net, differently in future. The theli of the car is a serious thing, but in view of Ihe fad lh;\l it is vour frsl olience and that von are a young man. you wi! 1 bo admitted Io probation for Iwo years

On each of the othei i !<•> >s tie a 'cosed was convHed ami discharged "•'il was ordered In make lestilu'ion o Hie amounts involved.