STOLE FROM HOST
LABOURER GETS SIX MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT AFFECTIONATE THEFT “He threw his arms round the man’s neck and wanted to kiss him. At the same time he removed the tie-pin from the lapel of his coat.” Such an act, described by Sub-In-spector McCarthy as “pretended kindness,” resulted in the appearance of Robert Morton at the Police Court this morning on a charge of stealing a tie-pin valued at 12s from Joseph Hurllman. He pleaded guilty and also admitted using obscene language. In the sub-inspector’s opinion Morton was entitled to no consideration whatever. He had met a stranger in an hotel and induced him to shout drinks. He had put his arms round his new-found friend and wanted to kiss him, at the same time stealing his tie-pin. The victim had not discovered his loss until he was outside the hotel.
Morton’s list showed that he had been sentenced to a month in 1928 for stealing ship’s stores and that he had appeared four times before the Court since New Year.
Sentence of six months’ imprisonment was imposed on the theft charge. A conviction only was entered on the second count.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 678, 1 June 1929, Page 1
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191STOLE FROM HOST Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 678, 1 June 1929, Page 1
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