CHARGE OF THEFT
MAN DENIES GUILT JURY FAILS TO AGREE (From Our Own Correspondent) HAMILTON, Wednesday. A plea of guilty was entered by a young man named Ernest Alexander Cooper, charged in the Supreme Court to-day with the theft of a gold ring, the property of David Allison, from the dwelling of Cecil Samuel Cooper at Waihou on April 2. He pleaded guilty also to the theft of a cheque, but not guilty to the theft of £6, the property of David Allison. Prisoner, in evidence, acknowledged the theft of the ring and the cheque form, and that he forged his cousin’s name to the cheque. He was only in the house a few minutes, and denied absolutely that he stole £6 from a pair of trousers hanging in the bedroom. Of the money he got for the cheque, he sent £6 to Hamilton to pay for a suit, and bought some benzine for his motor-cycle in order to go to Morrinsville. Mr. W. J. King (for the defence): You have a girl in Morrinsville, I believe? Prisoner: I had. (Laughter.) Mr. King: Has she thrown you up as a result of these proceedings?—Yes. The jury failed to agree, and a new trial was ordered.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 380, 14 June 1928, Page 16
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205CHARGE OF THEFT Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 380, 14 June 1928, Page 16
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