“LOAFER AND THIEF.”
THREE MONTHS FOR THEFT OF BLANKETS "William Archibald Cleland pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing four blankets valued at £2, the property of Airs Ada Sturt. Chief-Detective A. Cameron said the man had been staying at Mrs Sturt’s house and left without paying his board and taking tho blankets with him. He sold the blankets at a second-hand shop for 10b, and then left Christchurch, hut was arrested by the Lyttelton police. “What is his occupation?” asked the Magistrate. Chief-Det-ectivei Cameron : I think he. is a baker, but he would be more properly described as a loafer and a thief. - The Magistrate, after examining the accused’s list, stated that he had been sentenced to three months for vagrancy and to two periods of three months for language. Accused said his only trouble was drink. He was willing io take out a prohibition order against himself. “ Well, you can bike it out when you come out of gaol,” rejoined the Magistrate. “ You are sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17182, 27 October 1923, Page 5
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