“CANNOT GO STRAIGHT”
ACCUSED MAN’S PLEA. REBUKE BY MAGISTRATE. NAPIER, June J 7. “1 have been brought up among criminals ever since 1 was four years old. and I cannot go straight,” said William Eric Cooper, aged 26, who appeared in the Police Court to-day before Mr. A. M. Mowlem, S.M., on a charge of stealing two cheques for £6 Bs. He pleaded guilty. “The only way I can get a living is by unlawful means,” said Cooper. have been in 50 jobs, but cannot earn a living.” The Magistrate: It is nobody clsc’s fault that you get yourself into trouble of this kind. If that is the way you look at things then you have only your self to blame if you come before the Accused: That is the way 1 do look at things. The Magistrate: You are quite wrong to look at it that way. 1 cannot assist you if you keep on breaking th(» law. Whether you have had a bad spin or not is another question. At all events, you have certainly not assisted your sol f. A sentence of three months’ impri sonment was imposed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 143, 19 June 1931, Page 3
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