THEFT ADMITTED
TAXI DRIVER IN TROUBLE By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, March 24 According to evidence given in the Magistrate's Court to-day Augustus Stevens Parsons, a taxidriver and butcher, knowing that detectives were going to visit his home in search of stolen property, rang up two taxidrivers and got them to see his mother in-law and instruct her to destroy the property before the arrival of the police. When the police did arrive the property had been destroyed, and only the remnants were found in the fireplace. Parsons pleaded guilty to the theft on March 11 of a motor car sidecurtain, valued at 17/6, the property of H. B. Mouat. The police remarked that it was difficult to know why the accused stole the curtain, because it was of no value to him, but counsel attributed it to the fact that accused was drunk and not really aware of what he was doing. Probation was extended to two years with the proviso that he remain a prohibited person, and make restitution of ihe 17/6.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21304, 25 March 1939, Page 21
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173THEFT ADMITTED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21304, 25 March 1939, Page 21
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