INGENIOUS THEFTS
WARNING FROM BENCH. Per Press Association. HAMILTON, November 25. Laurence Burton was charged with the theft of two motor-cycles at the Supreme Court to-day. The evidence showed that the accused purchased two old second-hand machines and then stole two comparatively new ones. After interchanging the parts he threw the remainder of all four machines into the river. Accused was found guilty on one charge and pleaded guiltv to a second. In sentencing prisoner to 12 months’ hard,labour on each charge, his Honour remarked that the thefts were carried out with considerable ingenuity. Motor thieves could tajse the case as a warning of the severity with which they would he dealt with in the future.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12614, 26 November 1926, Page 8
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116INGENIOUS THEFTS New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12614, 26 November 1926, Page 8
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