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SERIES OF THEFTS “PREYED ON COMMUNITY” (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. “Yours is a serious case because, from your past offences and from this group, it does look as though you set out to prey on the community,” said Mr. Justice Northcroft, in the Supreme Court to-day to James Mervyn Philp. His Honour said he had considered sending Philp straight to gaol, but had decided to give him a chance by sending him to a borstal institution for three years.
Philp admitted the theft of tools valued at £3O, a motor truck valued at £320, two Hotchkiss machine-guns, accessories and a rifle valued at £136, a coat and leggings valued at £3, motor accessories valued at £63, petrol valued at £ll, and motor cycle parts valued at £4O.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20125, 20 December 1939, Page 7
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