TERM IN PRISON

Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1935, Page 7

TERM IN PRISON

CONSORTING WITH THIEVES. THREE YOUNG MEN SENTENCED. By Telegraph—Press Association. / Auckland, Sept. 2. Three men, Robert Cockburn, aged 29, Thomas Douglas Forsythe, 28, and William Mcßeynolds, 27, were given three months’ imprisonment to-day on charges of being idle and disorderly persons who habitually consorted with reputed thieves. In addition to the police evidence a salesman from Wanganui said that the three called at a shop on August 10, bought a few things and had a' good look round. The same night the shop was entered and the safe removed and blown open. Detective-Sergeant McHugh in giving evidence against Forsythe said he found on him two letters from Melbourne which showed that he was in touch with a criminal class in Australia, also on intercolonial ships. One letter invited Forsythe to “Come over this side as soon as possible. I have something good in view.” It also advised him to get in touch with certain men on intercolonial ships. The. police said the letters were written by or referred to well-known criminals in Australia. The magistrate commented on the fact that none of the accused chose to enter the witness box/