HORSE STEALING
YOUNG MAN SENTENCED
'This was a very deliberate act on your part," said■ Mr. (Justice Heed at the Supreme Court today when he sentenced Alexander Sydney Munro to two years' Borstal detention on charges of horse stealing and theft. His Honour said that the prisoner took a horse froni Parou station, Tolaga Bay, rode it away,-and destroyed property belonging to the owner'by throwing away an overcoat containing cheques and other articles. The prisoner rode through to Auckland, where he sold the horse and converted the money to his own use. He had had a previous conviction, and had been given a chance, but he had failed to take advantage of it. In committing the prisoner to a Borstal institution, Ms Honour said he thought that Munro needed discipline. The prisoner was represented by Mr. W..P. Kollhigs.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 72, 26 March 1934, Page 11
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138HORSE STEALING Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 72, 26 March 1934, Page 11
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