STOWAWAY'S ADVENTURES.
A lad mimed Williamson, It! years of Age. pleaded guilty at the Magistrate's Court to the theft of a bicycle from a To Aroha resident. He said lie had stowed away on a Xew Zealand transport in England, arriving at Wellington about four months ago. He had made his way round the country districts since, gradually working nerfh- . wards. At Taihape and Ohnkune he had forged cheques and obtained goods tinder fafc-e pretences. The bicycle stoVen at To Arqha be -old for £2. and cleared oft" to the Hauraki Plains, where he was arrested. The Isd was ,' convicted, and ordered to come up for j sentence when called upon. He was ! committed to Taihape i:t r-onnection J with the false pretences charges. J gSSSBS HiwHwra 1
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 11 February 1920, Page 4
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