FOUND ON HOTEL ROOF
SEAMAN "iMPRISONEb
"His conduct is consistent with his being a< sneak thief -going about ' tho hotels," said '-~\ Sub-Inspector Lopdell when.Jack Leef, a seaman, aged :33, pleaded, guilty ■, before Mr. E. Page, SiM.,- at the Police Court to-day to a charge of being a rogue and vagabond in that he was found by- night ih'the Waverley Hotel without, lawful excuse. Mr. Lopdell said the- accused, was seen in tho ' Waverley Hote), and .afterwards went, up on the roof. When questioned Leef said''he was chasing' someoao who he thought had gone on to the roof. ' ;
■In/November last,;said Mr. Lopdell, a man was seen! trying to get through the window of'a; hotel in the city. A boarder tried to cai^h him, but got only his hat.: When the 'accused was arrested: lie iwas^questioned about the hat. Ho admitted that it .was his, but said he had lost it ana did not know who'was wearing it when: the first ofEence was committed. "The suspicion , is,". said Mr. Lopdell, " that he is the offender." • ;
In sentencing the accused to three months'- imprisonment, Mr. Page said it was clear that the presence of the acoused in the hatel was for theft or for some similar- pnrpose. Leef had a long list- of previous convictions.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 28, 3 February 1932, Page 9
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212FOUND ON HOTEL ROOF Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 28, 3 February 1932, Page 9
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