JOY-RIDER CAUGHT
THREE MONTHS’ “HARD” AN EXPENSIVE “JOKE” “Three months’ hard labour.” James Reginald Purdy, a young seaman of 24, could scarcely believe his ears this morning when Mr. F. K. Hunt. S.M.. pronounced the words that were to deprive him of his liberty until next July. He was charged with unlawfully converting a motor-car to his own use. Purdy’s counsel, Mr. Singer, pleaded hard for leniency It was not an ordinary case of joy-riding, he said. The accused was a member of the crew of a scow and the owner of the car was captain of another. The matter arose out of a joke. The accused had been dared to drive the car by some friends in a hotel. He jumped into the car drove a few yards, and was in the act of putting it into reverse to come back when Constable Hollis arrived on the scene and arrested him.
“He ought to be prohibited when he comes out, too,” was Air. Hunt's comment as he imposed the sentence.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 28, 26 April 1927, Page 9
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