THEFT OF BICYCLE
ONE MONTH FOR MAORI
PUTTING DOWN PRACTICE
Pleading guilty to the theft of a bicycle on or about March 5 last, a young Maori, Charles Hakopa appeared before Messrs G. Brabant and J. King J.Ps. in tlie Whakatanc Court yesterday morning and was sentenced to one months inv prisomhertfcei \ ■% Sergeant Farrell outlining the_ case said that liakopa had taken tile bicycle, the property of a young (working gin and dismantled it. Jt had beeS. replaced by another costing* JL'Jo. Accused retained only small parts valued at aoOitfc and had given the oilier piirts away' j to friends. The frame lie had thrown) into the river. Since he was a r res tied his .father had made restitution but the fact remains that there had been many instances of bicycle thieving in Whakatanc and the police had been put to considerable trouble in tracing it down. Since the arrest of a number of other Maori youths he was glad, to say that the number of complaints had diminish- - ed greatly. The. Justices commented that other ; culprits had been sentenced to one ; month and accused would be treated - likewise. j
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 37, 8 January 1946, Page 5
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191THEFT OF BICYCLE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 37, 8 January 1946, Page 5
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