LOOTING CHARGE
ECHO OF AUCKLAND RIOTS.
SIX WEEKS’ IMPRISONMENT.
(By Telegraph —Per Press Association)
HAMILTON. April 28
An echo of the Auckland riots was heard in the Hamilton Magistrates Court to-day, when Thomas Urederick Perrv, aged 39. was sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment for receiving stolen goods. Accused was being escorted to the police station on a charge of drunkenness when lie dropped a match box containing a wristlet watch. Accused subsequently admitted that the watch was obtained by looting m the Auckland riots. Ho refused to divulge the name of the person who ga\e him the watch. The Magistrate commented that he would have made the sentence less had accused not shown a disposition to shield others.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1932, Page 6
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118LOOTING CHARGE Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1932, Page 6
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