RINGING THE CHANGES.
AN ATTEMPT THAT FAILED. OLD OFENDER CHARGED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. A story of an attempt to ring the changes was told in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, when Vincent Christie, aged 45, pleaded guilty to ■stealing ten shellings from Edward .Torrance, a shopkeeper. Accused went into the shop and ordered a soft drink. He handed over a ten-shilling note, and received 9s 8d change. Accused said lie, had the ■change in silver, and asked for the note back. After fumbling in his pocket for some time Christie said that the shopkeeper had better make it a pound, as he had more than he more than he thought he had. A pound note was then handed over, but accused, after more fumbling,, handed it back, saying he did not have the change after all. Christie then left the shop, and a few minutes after the shopkeeper found that he had lost ten shillings. He followed accused and gave him in charge. Accused was 'to-day sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. He had 22 previous convictions, including 11 in Australia.
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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17803, 30 August 1929, Page 8
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