DRIVEN TO STEAL
YOUNG SWISS ADMITTED TO PROBATION Financial embarrassment was said at the Police Court this morning to be responsible for the downfall of Frederick Charles Burchardt, who pleaded guilty on a charge of theft.
Burchardt, a Swiss salesman aged 24, admitted that he had stolen a watch valued at £3 from Alois Hurliman at Wellington last July. Chief-Detective Hammond said that the watch had been pawned for three shillings. It was not certain whether or not the watch had been recovered, as that information had not come through from Wellington. Burchardt was a hard-working youth and there was nothing against him previously. Mr. W. W. King explained that Burchardt had been working at Porirua Mental Hospital, but had lost his position through the intervention of people in Wellington, who did not think that a foreigner should work in such institutions or should hold office in the Civil Service. Desperate because he could not find work. Burchardt had pawned the watch and lost the ticket. | Burchardt was admitted to proba- ■ tion ’ that he either made restitution or returned the watch.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 607, 8 March 1929, Page 11
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181DRIVEN TO STEAL Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 607, 8 March 1929, Page 11
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