A STRANGE CASE
PROMINENT MAN’S'LAPSE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED PETTY THEFT. I Per Press Association. ] AUCKLAND, Afar Hi 22. A middle-aged man, described by counsel as highly respectable and a manager of a well-known Auckland business concern, was charged to-day with attempting to steal from a city hotel. The Chief Detective stated that accused was found upstairs turning over a mattress. When questioned he said he was looking for a couple of pounds or anything else he could get. Accused had £6 in his possession.
Counsel said hat accused was a married man with five children and had been drinking a good deal. He had been associating with men he should not have mot. The whole thing was a freak and if his name was not suppressed it would mean absolute ruination. The Alagistrate (Air McKean) agreed that no offence (except drunkenness) had been committed. Ho adjourned the case for six months and suppressed the name. ___________________
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20103, 23 March 1928, Page 6
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155A STRANGE CASE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20103, 23 March 1928, Page 6
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