SHOP-DOOR THIEF
GAOL FOR THREE MONTHS Found by a detective with a pair of stolen boots concealed under his coat, John Ernest Bull was arrested. At the Police Court this morning Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., sentenced him to three months’ imprisonment. Bull, a steward, aged 54, pleaded guilty to the theft of a pair of boots valued at 16s lid yesterday. “I was under the influence of liquor,” he explained. ”He is always in. He has 41 previous convictions.” commented ChiefDetective Hammond. ‘IHe stole the boots from a shop door.j’-
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 886, 1 February 1930, Page 1
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