STOLE POLICEMAN’S HANDCUFFS
ONE MONTH'S IMPRISONMENT [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Optobcr 7. For stealing a pair of handcuffs from a policeman’s bedroom, Stevens Francis Llewellyn Ncary (41) was sent to gaol for a month. According to the police, Neary was released from Paparua Prison on Saturday, and arrived at Lyttelton in a drunken condition. He was sent away from the interisland steamer at the wharf on account of his condition, and made his way to the Sailors’ Home, where lie had previously stayed. Ho was unlucky, however, for the Sailors’ Home is now a naval and police barracks. Although evicted, he went back and stole the handcuffs from the constable’s bedroom. Later ho was arrested for drunkenness, and the handcuffs wbre found among his possessions. His explanation was that ho bought them from a Norwegian sailor.
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Evening Star, Issue 23700, 7 October 1940, Page 4
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137STOLE POLICEMAN’S HANDCUFFS Evening Star, Issue 23700, 7 October 1940, Page 4
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