CHASE AT ONEHUNGA
THIEF HIDES UNDER HOUSE WIFE PLEADS FOR LENIENCY When James B. Stewart, with a parcel under his arm, was seeking entertainment in a billiards saloon in Onehunga last evening, he was suddenly seen to bolt, with a constable at his heels. Once outside. Stewart ducked underneath a house near by, but was brought out. He appeared at the Onehunga Police Court this morning, where it was disclosed that the parcel contained a pair of boots belonging to the K. K. Boot Company. Stewart, who is an old offender, pleaded guilty to charges of theft, drunkenness, and breach of a prohibition order. “Do not send him to prison.” pleaded his wife. ‘I will be as lenient with him as I can.” However, the justices, Messrs. J. Laking and J. E. Cowell, thought differently, and sentenced him to 14 days’ imprisonment on the theft charge, and ordered that the boots be restored to the owners. Stewart was convicted and discharged for drunkenness, and remanded for the breach of his prohibition order.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 517, 21 November 1928, Page 1
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172CHASE AT ONEHUNGA Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 517, 21 November 1928, Page 1
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