The South Station Thefts.
CULPRIT SENTENCFD. At the Supreme Court sittings^ Auckland, Alexander Mcintosh entered the dock to receive sentence in connection with twelve charges of theft and one of breaking and entering at Helensville. His Honor said that the man did not appear to be in full possession of his 'faculties. The depositions suggested that hr was a degenerate, and he looked like it. " Very strong in body," remarked the Crown Prosecutor. " He did not have the strength of mind," continued His Honor, " to appreciate the distinction between his own and other people's property, having, in a few days, raided the railway platform, taking whatever he could find, and also taking possession of a house. He is a danger to the. public," His Honor ordered that accused should be detained for reformative treatment for a term not exceeding five years.
In reporting the above case the Auckland press hardly gave, our town fair play in describing Mcintosh as of Helensville. The man was quite a stranger to the district.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 26 November 1913, Page 2
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170The South Station Thefts. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 26 November 1913, Page 2
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