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'AUCKLAND, Jan. 25. " Leaving prison a "week bel'ore Ckrisimas aiter a iour-years sentence, . Joim Thomas Jlartley, elerk, aged 30, weno en a armking bout and embarked on a further" career of crime.. He pleaded guilty to-day to five charges of obtainmg* goods and credit by fraud. 'ihe polic© said that Hartiey made a statement in which he ■ said that he obtained two -watches fronrcity business nrms by stating that they were for other people, A\ hjle stopping at an nptel he met a young man who said he could use his fiat while he was absent on a hohday to Sydney. Hartiey visited the fiat and stole a radio set and a suit valued at £36. Commenting on Hartley's Jengthv iist of previous convictions, Mr] Wyvern Wilson sentenced him to six months imprisonment for the theft of the radio and suit, to the followed by two years reformative' 'detention. On the other charges he was convieted and discharged
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 9, 26 January 1937, Page 2
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