THEY STOLE RUGBY LEAGUE’S WHISKY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17835, 1 May 1926, Page 1

THEY STOLE RUGBY LEAGUE’S WHISKY.

TRIO BEFORE COURT; ONE A DESERTER. (Special to the "Star.”) AUCKLAND, May 1. Last Thursday night the Rugby League's ground office at Carlaw Park was broken into, a case of whisky, valued at £6 10b, being stole.n. As the result of the inquiries that were made three young fellows were interviewed. The.v were Albert Lewis Gipson (17), Arthur Frederick Rose (16) and Gordon Keith Banks (18), and the trio appeared at the Police Court., when the Magistrate, Mr F. K. Hunt, agreed to the suggestion by Chief-Detective Cummings to reduce the charge to one of common theft. They al 1 . pleaded guilty. Mr Cummings said t.ha*t the accused had been at Carlaw Park on the night in question witnessing a practice game. They stole , the whisky and. with the assistance of others, consumed four bottles. The rest of the whisky bad been planted. Gip-

son was a deserter from the American Navy, and arrangements were being made by the American Consul at Auckland to send him back to the States by the Niagara when that vessel leaves Auckland on her next voyage to Vancouver. Both Rose and Banks had been before the Court before.

As Gipson is leaving the Dominion he was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. Banks and Rose were each placed on probation for twelve months, and were also ordered to pay £2 3s 4d as restitution.