Prison Follows Struggle In Car

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 681, 5 June 1929, Page 11

Prison Follows Struggle In Car

&R CONVERTING ADMITTED AUSTRALIAN CRIMINAL Our Own Correspondent) HAMILTON, Today. The sequel to the severe tussle which Traffic Inspector Courtney with William Thomas Youlden, w hen the latter tried to get away another man’s car, was heard the Police Court today, when “oulden was charged with unlawu,,y converting a car, with dan9 ep ous driving, with driving witha licence, and stealing a cap and torch. .t ft ®T b «mg tripped up by Mr. Court- . ” ‘‘oulden made a desperate effort escape, but was caught. tad h Police said the cap and torch bon ° een * oun< l in accused’s possescrePly to the magistrate, SeniorLf ea,lt Sweeney stated that accused L® hative of Melbourne, who arikir! i; Zealand on May 21. He j, aved in Auckland, and claimed to a Wool-classer and hairdresser. . ‘.'['Used pleaded guilty to wr-jng-j.; converting the car, and to the le t * le cap aut i torc h. He had, »„ a motor-driver's licence, *s* Australia. , r * Sweeney said the accused had --1 convicted in Perth for being a w,® 11 of ill-fame, and had been U over and fined. Other senW 6S * n various parts of Australia T also detailed. », ° Use d. who had nothing to say, w,„ seiltencec l to two mouths’ imHe for converting the car, and Month for theft, the sentences to - t . cainul ative. For dangerous driv--j,' -‘ l °hlden was given another month, 6 concurrent with the other senes - He was fined £1 for driving about a licence.