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attempted car theft OFFENCE DUE TO LIQUOR (By Teleßrapfc- — Press Association) WELLINGTON, Tuesday “There is a great deal of difficulty in these cases because when there is a definite evil as there is at present with regard to car conversions it is very difficult to do other than sentence any' offender found guilty to a term of imprisonment. However, in the administration of the law there is no hard-and-fast rule and every case will he considered on its merits. In your case the report of the probation officer is such that it would be wrong at this stage to send you to prison. The whole circumstances surrounding your case seems to be the perverted outlook of a person under the influence of liquor rather than a person deliberately setting out to convert a motor vehicle.” With these remarks the magistrate to-day admitted to two years’ probation William John Aekins (25), labourer, charged with attempted car conversion and also with the theft of a bunch of keys.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20784, 19 April 1939, Page 9
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