THE COURTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19308, 8 October 1932, Page 21

THE COURTS

SOUTH'S OFFENCES. By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH. October 7. A youth of 15 admitted in Court today 23 charges of giving false alarms, 25 of tampering with letter-boxes, three of tampering with slot telephones, and one of theft of a bicycle. He was committed to the care of the Superintendent of Child Welfare, with a recommendatiMi that he should be sent to the Weraro i Training School. The damns, caused to fire alarms alone was £* it and repairs to the post boxes £lB. The Polic-. Slid the boy’s habit was to rise fror. ■'ed after midnight, unknown to his parents, and make raids. Altogether he took 65 letters, some containing cheques and postal notes, but he had not attempted to cash them. IMPRISONMENT FOR EX-RAILWAY SERVANT. By Telegraph—Press Association. DUNEDIN, October 7. Edwayd James Leo Cleary, formerly railway stationmaster at Allanton, was sentenced to a month’s imprisonment for the theft of 20 bottles of stout, the property of the Government. The Police stated that the stout was consigned from Dunedin to Owaka and nlaced ip the guard’s van. After the },rain had left Milton the guard noticed

a package missing. Accused, who was on leave, travelled part of the way in the guard’s van. A search was made of accused’s house, and three of the missing bottles were found. Accused was fond of drink. SHEEP STEALING CHARGE. By Telegraph—Press Association. PALMERSTON N„ October 7. pleading guilty to six charges of the theft of sheep, Sydney Jarvis (26), and Jack Wilde (27), both relief workers, weie sentenced by the Magistrate, Mr ' J. L. Stout to six months’ hard labour on one charge and one month on each of the others, the terms to be con- ! current. The total number of sheep Involved was twelve, some being stud ; animals. The police said the owners of some of the stud sheep befriended the aci cused, who had used the meat for food. ■ The Magistrate dealt wall the offences under the Justices of the Peace 1 Act the maximum term of which is six months. He told the accused, who ’ pleaded guilty and elected to be dealt with summarily, that they were liable under the Crimes Act to fourteen ■ years. That they were relief workers was no excuse for such actions. “This should be a warning to those who think because they are on relief work, they are entitled to take the goods of other ' people,” Mr Stout added.