SERIES OF THEFTS
YOUNG MAN SENTENCED PILL All' BOXES RIFLED (Pur Truss. Association.) AUCKLAND, lastnight. Rour young men who had pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court, to a series of charges of breaking and entering ami thel’t were brought liefore 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 outer another warehouse, attempting to break and enter a shop, and charges of theft of postal packets from live pillar boxes. In all there were .17 charges. His Honor said lie had seine hesitation as’ to whether he should deal leniently with the type of offence which the young men had admitted. Thefts of. or interference with postal matter, was very serious. They might throw suspicion upon-postal officers, and also cause great inconvenience to the business community. Each of the accused was admitted to probation for three years.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18765, 23 July 1935, Page 10
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154SERIES OF THEFTS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18765, 23 July 1935, Page 10
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