FRANKTON BURGLARIES.

Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 19946, 24 July 1936, Page 8

FRANKTON BURGLARIES.

| PORTER ADMITS CRIMES. i BLAMEB DRINK FOR LAPSE. % » —— i i COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE. l Pleading guilty, Ivror Alexander! Peacock, aged '2l. a railway porter. otl' Frankton. appeared in the llamiiton‘ Magistrate‘s Court to—diiy’ het‘ure.‘ iMCSSN' A. E. Manning and 5,. J. lien—i 1 neti, J‘sP. on charges or breaking and i i entering the premises of Hubert. Beebe. I of Fraukton. and stealing a radio set' [and reading lamp of a total \'aluc' oi‘i i £l.) 95. lid and of breaking and enter— I ing the shop of Henry _\rihur Findlay! i of Frankton, and stealing £O. ' i liuhert Beebe, licensed .~;ccondhandl and radio dealer, 01' l’ranitton. stated‘ in evidence that. on Saturday. February i 22, he left his premises at 1 pin. and i left. the place locked. Un .\[onday hei returned at 8.45 aan. and his assistant} pointed out to him that the back doori had been t'orce'd open and the middle} door had been forced from its hinges] On examination he' found that a radio set valued at £l4 105 was missing.‘ The radio was connected up with iiex which was produced in court. and! recognised by witness. The oilice} drawer had been interfered with and‘ a few pence were missing. \\'itness‘ later found that an electric reading; lamp with ilcx, valued at 195 6d, was also missing. ‘ sum of £8 Taken. ‘ Gwendoline Gladys Findlay. daughter of lienry Arthur Findlay, baker, of ‘Frankton, who is employed by her father, stated that on March 19 her father‘s premises were closed at 6 p.lll. \V'itness, who looked after the cash in the shop, left £6 in the till on that date. 011 returning next morning she found the money missing. Entry could have been gained through a window at the rear of the shop which had been left unlocked. ‘ Detective A. J. “him. who conducted the case for the police, stated that on July 23 he saw accused, who con-l fessed that he had committed the crimes for which he was charged. Bookmaking Admltted. Peacock had made a statement which he signed. In the statement‘ he admitted the charges and attributed . his lapses to drink. He had givenl away both the wireless set and the reading lamp. lie had found the‘ window at. the rear of Findlay‘s] premises could be opened and he went in more out of curiosity and had nOl intention of taking any money. Mr \Vhite. stated that the wireless set had not. been recovered hut accused had given every help to assist in its recovery. Pleadingr guilty to a further charge of bookmaking accused preferred to be dealt with summarily and was convicted and lined £2. in default Seven days‘ imprisonment. On the charges of breaking and entering accused was committed to the Supreme Court. Auckland, for! sentence, when he will also be sent—l encecl on two charges of breaking and entering at Whangarei. He‘ is also‘ awaiting sentence on four summary charges. I