SNEAK THIEF

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 445, 1 February 1933, Page 4

SNEAK THIEF

WASHING STOLEN ■" 5ALUTORY SENTENCES IMPOSt*11 UPON PREVIOUS OFFENDER S AUSTRALIAN SEAMAN GA0LEl*N' . "Guilty to all nine charges," the plea of Robert, James HoopeM i alias Robert Nolan, aged 41, an A mM . tralian seaman in the Rotorua GouM"lS yesterday morning before Mr. S, Wn' Paterson, S.M. The cases cleared up a number thefts from clothes lines and fro*c the motor camp which have occu*^ red during the past eight months, The charges were ; — That at RoW rua. on the 21st day of January, he did steal from one Michael MoH gan, one eiderdown quilt, one honeycomb e quilt, one pair of creaSf' blankets, one grey blanket, two piM ' low shams, one sheet and three pjB,1 lows, ,of a total value of £8, the prff£ perty of the said Michael Morgan.B That on the 15th day of SeptembeSf 1933, at Rotorua, he did steal o® lady's singlet, one face towel, n M" apron, two pillow cases ,one jetBV coat, one pair of bloomers, two tS 'towels, of a total value of £1 9S pfl the property of one, Jessie AndrewBAI That on or about the 15th day 9 September, 1932, at Rotorua, he 9,1 steal nine face towels, six hanrik J chiefs, one shiri;, three white t9 towels, one woollen jumper, one p9l golf socks, one silk pyjama coat, o9at 'pair bloomers, one art silk singleaB6 one yellow morning. glory, of a tot9 v value of £2 10s, the" "property of o9 Epi Shalfoon. 9j That on or about the 15th day 9']' August, 1932, at Rotorua, he jV steal one child's tricycle, valued B'1 £1 5s, the property of one JohnPaB1 rick Byrne. 9 That on or about the 15th day 9" September, 1932, at Rotorua, he 9,'e steal f our tablecloths, one sheet, t\9shirts, one dozen napkins, f our ha9 worked tahle centers, and a mim9f of gent's collars, of a total value B1' £2 10s, the property of one, CharlBf Joseph Rowley. 9 That on the 31st day of Decemb'91 1932, at Rotorua, he did steal o9 gent's overcoat, valued at £3 10s, 9 property of one, Thomas JenninB Davenport. 9 That on the 31st day of Decemb9; 1932, at Rotorua, he did steal o9 gent's coat, valued at £2 10s theprB perty of one, Thomas Jennings Da9 enport, senior. 9 That on the 31st day of Decem9 .er, 1932, at Rotorua, he did ste9 three bathing costumes, one blankB one rug, and a pair of men's troi9 1 ers, of a total value of £2 10s, t9 property of some person or perso9 j unknown. 9 | That on the 21st day of Janua9 ' 1933, at Rotorua, did steal onetin9 ! face powder, and one lady's compaB. ion purse, of a total value of sev^H. shillings, the preperty of one, Leo9 ard Fisher. m

On the charge dealmg with (■ theft from Morgan a sentence I 12 months hard labour to be followK by two years reformative detentiB was imposed; on the charge of tH theft from Mrs. Andrew, tb9 months' hard labour; that of 9 Shalfoon, six months; of C. J. RoB ley, six months; of Thomas Jenni™ Davenport (senior) six months, aH Thos. Jennings Davenport (junioH six months; of the person unknoi® six months hard labour, and on otljB charges was convieted and dischaS ed, the sentences to be concurrenjB Senior-Sergeant Carroll said tH accused had come to Rotorua in Ma and in August the thefts had col meneed. Hooper was a man on pH bation then and had a list. He, hil self, haT come to the police statiB and reported that on the day ■ which Andrew's line was robbed M own had also been cleared. Nu® erous thefts had been reported afl some from the motor camp where fl Davenport's coats had been stoH After Morgan's bedding had beB stolen, when they were away for H day, a search warrant had heen efl cuted and all these goods enumB ated in the charges discover® Hooper had been arrested at « camp at Galatea. A bad featureH that there had been at least ffl thefts of money from the motor cafl and this was adversely affecting toB ist trafflc for the town would vfl soon get a bad name. 1 Hooper was a married man ifl two children and had been extenfl leniency by the court previously, fl had failed to take advantage ofa He was a sneak thief. 1 The bench addressing prisonfl Have you anything to say? ' 1 Prisoner: Nothing at all to saa The magistrate then passed fl tence as previously recorded. 1