CAR THIEF GAOLED
TWO YEARS’ HARD LABOUR FOR MAORI
“NOT DRUNKEN ESCAPADE”
‘"I cannot see that the theft of the motor-car was a mere escapade of drunken bravado. You stole the car, which, when recovered, was battered about and practically useiess,*' said Mr. Justice Smith, in the Supreme Court today, in sentencing a Maori, Jimmy Wants to two years’ hard labour for this offence. The offence occurred at Pukekohe on April 3. On behalf of the prisoner, Mr. Noble suggested the offence had arisen from drunken bravado. The prisoner seemed to lose control of himself w-hen drunk, and would perhaps, * be all right if given a chance. The assistant Crown Prosecutor, Mr. Hubble said that Werata was now serving a sentence of one month in connection with the same episode, having been convicted of theft of articles from the car. The prisoner admitted to his Honour that in July 1926, he had been sentenced to two years’ reformative detention in Wellington for forgery and theft, and in September of the same year, he had received a sentence of 12 months for escaping from custody.
The sentence is to be served upon the expiration of Wereta’s present sentence.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1029, 21 July 1930, Page 1
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197CAR THIEF GAOLED Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1029, 21 July 1930, Page 1
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