WAR VETERAN’S CRIME
“STUPID’' BURGLARY TWO YEARS’ PROBATION Press Association DUNEDIN, Today. In the Supreme Court, Joseph Campbell Scott, aged 40, an Imperial Army veteran of the Mons Retreat, who was a prisoner of war in Germany and Russia for four years, was admitted to probation for two years on a charge of breaking and entering at Oamaru. Counsel stated Scott came to New Zealand in 1923 with an unblemished war and civil record. He had suffered many privations in prison camps and his wound still troubled him. His offence was a stupid one, he,” while in liquor, breaking into a friend’s house, and stealing a torch and eight ancient coins. It was suggested that Scott should return to Scotland, and some kindly people were making arrangements in that respect.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 833, 29 November 1929, Page 11
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130WAR VETERAN’S CRIME Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 833, 29 November 1929, Page 11
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