THEFT FROM COMPANION
Money Missed From Clothes
A sentence of three mouths’ imprisonment was imposed on William Vernon Hammond, labourer, aged 39. by Mr. W. F. Stilwell, S.M., in the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, yesterday, when he admitted the theft of £7, Hie property of William O'Brien. On a charge of drunkenness he was convicted and ordered to pay £l/15/mmllmil expenses. Defective-Sergeant P. Doyle said Iha I O'Brien came from the country With £lO. lie and Hammond spent an afternoon in each other’s company, and booked at an hotel for the night. Complainant missed £7 from his po"kets after a visit to the bathroom, and later accused admitted the offence to a detective who interviewed him.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 152, 23 March 1939, Page 13
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115THEFT FROM COMPANION Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 152, 23 March 1939, Page 13
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