A SERIOUS CHARGE.
YOUNG MAN ARRESTED. j Recently several young men serenad- I j ed Mr A. \Y. Tows on the occasion of | i his wedding, and after partaking lib- j orally of his hospitality ii was found j that several articles had been stolen. Kiicjuiry was made by Detective i Holmes, and in consequence a young | man named Norman Hawker was arrested. To-day he appeared before Messrs 'Bennett. Xieolson, and Bills, J’s.P., charged with the theft of a si]- 1 rer watch valued ££. and a revolver valued £2 10s. He pleaded guilty, and in a statement said the theft was committed wliih* lie was under the influence of liquor. Houstahh- Satlowlev said the theft was a mean one and that Hawker had blamed a mate M’dakc), who lie had reason to believe was innocent, j Other articles stolen had boon found | under Mr F. J. Kyder’s hedge. j Hawker was fined £2. in default fourteen days* hard labour, while a j warning was issued that furtlow acts • of theft, would receive more severe at- J l on 1 inn I
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Otaki Mail, 8 December 1922, Page 2
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181A SERIOUS CHARGE. Otaki Mail, 8 December 1922, Page 2
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