DRESSED AS GIRL.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20126, 23 February 1937, Page 2

DRESSED AS GIRL.

YOUTH STEALS MOTOR-CAR. ADMITTED TO PROBATION. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WANGANUI, Monday. Sentence was imposed in the Supreme Court at Wanganui to-day upon Philip Walter D’Arcy Stewart, aged 19, who pleaded guilty to the theft of a motor-car, valued at £230. and. with menaces, demanding money from another, with intent to steal. He was ordered three years’ probation, the conditions being that he did not attend any public or private dances during that term, that lie paid the cost of bringing the stolen car back from Auckland and also the cost of the prosecution. II was stated by counsel for prisoner. Mr W. A. Izard, that his client was suffering from adolescent instability. His aim had been io get. away from his home surroundings, where he was unhappy. He conceived tlie idea of attempting to get money from a fel-low-employee. stole Ihe car. dressed in girl's clothes, and travelled to Auckland. In granting probation His Honour said that if il had not been for the medical evidence he would have ordered Borstal treatment for a term.