CONVICTION ENTERED
“SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED” (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 20. “You should not have been prosecuted and you should not have pleaded guilty.” said Mr Justice Northcroft to Dudley Wilfred Edward Philp when he appeared for sentence in the Supreme Court to-day on a charge of house-breaking and theft. The charge arose from a dispute over the return of an engagement ring. Philp was charged in the Timaru Court last Friday after he had broken into the house of his former fiancee and taken the ring It was stated in evidence that the complainant had broken her engagement with Philp and married his brother instead. Philp, a labourer, aged 40 years, said he only went into the house to get what was his. His Houour: That is quite right. You went to get a ring that you gave to this girl. She jilted you and she was not entitled to keep the ring. However I cannot withdraw the plea of guilty. Under the circumstances, said his Honour, a conviction would be recorded and Philp would be discharged.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22203, 21 February 1942, Page 6
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178CONVICTION ENTERED Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22203, 21 February 1942, Page 6
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