Expensive Apples.

Manawatu Herald, 15 October 1896, Page 3

Expensive Apples.

The three young men— A. W. Marshall, A. Wilson and A. Reid — who were on Saturday charged with stealing about 121bs of apples, the property of Angus Mackintosh, of Upokongaro, and remanded till Tuesday morning in order that the Probation Officer might report, were brought before Mr C. C, Keltle, S.M. Mr Treadwe'l appeared for the accused, and asked that His Worship should deal leniently with them, as the act they committed was more a boyish freak thau wilfully breaking 1 and entering. He asked that a fine be in fiioted in place of imprisonment. His , Worship, in delivering judgment, stated . • that the Probation Officer had reportec ' I favourably on Marshall, who had only re 1 j cently got into undesirable company, but ! I the report was not altogether good regard- , I ing the other two. Taking into considera ( ' tion t the Officer's report and that it was £ , first' offence he had determined to dea 1 | leniently with them. The act committet ) was a serious one. They were proceeding ; home late at night and stole the apple: from an apple house, and in doing so re moved the lock of the doors. Thougl 1 I the offence was a very serious one it wai J | probably more an act of larrikinism thai I • an ordinary case of breaking and entering j ! Wilson and Eeid would ba fined £10 eacl , and Marshall £5. His Worship rcmindec ' ! them that he had dea't very leniently witl "' i them and ho hop?d they would recognisi ■ thi; and take it as a warniug. On the ap . plication of Mr Treadwell. the accusei h were allowed a week or ten day^ to pay 1 The costs were ordered to be evenly divide< * I among the accused. —Herald.