CAR THIEF.
GETS A SURPRISE. THREE MONTHS’ GAOL. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Tuesday. “Three months hard labour!” James Reginald Purely, a young seaman, 24 years of age, scarcely believed his cars this morning when Mr F. K. Hunt. S.M., pronounced the words that were to deprive him of his liberty until next J ul y. Purdy was charged with unlawfully converting a motor-car to- his own use. His counsel (Mr Singer)- pleaded hard for leniency. It was not an ordinary case of joy riding, he said. Accused was a member of the crew of a scow, and the owner of the car was the captain of another boat. The matter arose out of a joke; accused had been, dared to drive the car by some friends in an ihotel. He jumped into the car, drove a few *ynrds, an R ' Rras the act of putting it iuto reverse to come back when a constable arrived on the scene and arrested him. * ‘lie. ought to bo prohibited when he comes out, too,” was Mr Hunt’s comment as he imposed the sentence.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 27 April 1927, Page 5
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180CAR THIEF. Wairarapa Daily Times, 27 April 1927, Page 5
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