THEFT AT HOWICK

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 781, 30 September 1929, Page 1

THEFT AT HOWICK

POLICE MAKE AN ARREST MEAT STOLEN AT PANMURE An arrest followed two instances of breaking and entering at*. Howick and Panmure on Saturday afternoon. About £9 in cash was stolen from the premises of G. A. Newton and Company, carriers, at Howick. The door had been left open during the short absence of Mr. Newton. When he returned he found that the till had been robbed. Later in the afternoon a piece of meat, weighing about 201bs, was stolen from the Panmure Hotel. ActingDetective Kelly and the constable from Howick made an arrest later. TWO WOMEN INVOLVED . CHARGES OF VAGRANCY AND THEFT FIVE REMANDS MADE Charged with being idle and disorderly in that they consorted with reputed thieves, two men and two women were remanded at the Police Court this morning until tomorrow, at the request of Mr. J. J. Sullivan, who appeared for them. The names of the accused were Olive Peters, a milliner, aged 80. Gwendoline Lewis, a waitress, aged 34. Raymond Woodward, a labourer, aged 32, and Charles Henry Whitehead, a labourer, aged 30. Peters, the only one to plead, denied her guilt. “He is mixed up with the four people for whom Mr. Sullivan is appearing,’' said Chief-Detective Hammond when Maurice Joseph Corkery was charged with stealing meat valued at £1 from Hugh McNaughton at Panmure on September 2S. Corkery, described as a polisher, aged 27, was remanded until tomorrow also. Mr. Smyth appeared for him and asked for bail, which was allowed in accused’s own recognisance.