GAMBLER’S TROUBLES
GAOLED FOR THEFT REFORMATIVE SENTENCE Reformative detention for 12 months was the sentence imposed by Mr. Justice Reed this morning on Aubrey Lester Andrew, who had been found guilty of six charges of breaking, entering and theft at Auckland. Mr. J, F. W. Dickson said the prisoner had been out of work and had. succumbed to- temptation. He bad never been in trouble before. His Honour, said there was a certain amount of excuse for men being tempted when out of work, but the want of employment was due to prisoner’s gambling habits. His method was to take a job as a canvasser, and if a house was empty he would ransack it
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 213, 28 November 1927, Page 1
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115GAMBLER’S TROUBLES Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 213, 28 November 1927, Page 1
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