DRAPERY ASSISTANT’S DOWNFALL.
Wellington, Last Night. "He has been singularly unfortunate in the choice of his friends and has mixed with people whose mode of living has had a bad influence on him. Late hours, indiscriminate drinking and au attempt to : ival ihc fast set in the matter of clothes has been his ruin, as it lias btcii the ruin of many before him.” Hindi an explanation was tendered at the Police Court to-day in extenuation of serious thefts committed by Wilfred Albert Wootton, at, his employer’s general drapery business. Accused adopted an ingenious method. When he sold cloth to a friend, he cut off several yards for himself and afterwards collected the material. Sentence was deferred.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2765, 31 July 1924, Page 2
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117DRAPERY ASSISTANT’S DOWNFALL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2765, 31 July 1924, Page 2
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