WORSE THAN SHOPLIFTING.
THEFTS FROM TENNIS CLUB. By Tslegrapli—Pr««a assoc-ai n'a. AUCKLAND, August 27. Philip Hugh Bailey, salesman (26), was charged at the Police Court with the theft of 10s from the pocket of a plaver in a tennis club's pavilion. He was lined £2O and costs by Mr F. K. Hunt S.M. For six months money had been missing from members’ clothing. A trap was set and accused was caught in Ihe lialley was given a good character by his employer, and the majority <f club members- agreed that leniency should be asked for. “It is the meanest theft-—worse than shoplifting, and no good could done in granting accused probation.’’ said the Magistrate in passing sentence. _
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18355, 28 August 1929, Page 5
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117WORSE THAN SHOPLIFTING. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18355, 28 August 1929, Page 5
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