THEFT OF TRAM TICKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18703, 1 August 1932, Page 8

THEFT OF TRAM TICKETS.

CONDUCTOR CONVICTED. SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT. TO APPEAL AGAINST DECISION. WELLINGTON, Saturday. A tram conductor named James shaW Bevan Rice, was sentenced today by Mr Page, S.M., to imprisonment for a month and a day on a charge, of stealing a block of tramway universal concession tickets, valued at £3 10s, from the box of a fellow employee at the Kilbirnie tram depot. The case against another conductor, who was jointly charged, was dismissed. In imposing the sentence, the magistrate remarked that the sentence of a month entitled the prisoner to appeal only on a question of law. If, however, the sentence was increased, a general appeal could be made. . Counsel for Rice said he would prefer an extension of one day. Security for appeal was fixed at £25. The magistrate remarked before convicting the accused on the serious aspect of such cases in that they threw suspicion on other ■ employees as in this case, and on a man whom he thought was quite innocent of the charge.