STOLEN GOODS SOLD

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 459, 17 June 1937, Page 5

STOLEN GOODS SOLD

YOUNG MAN’S SYSTEMATIC THEFTS

Liquor And Groceries For Boardinghouse Frees Association—Copyright. Wellington, June 16. An allegation that a young man had been systematically stealing liquor and groceries from his employer and that hit mother, a board-ing-house keeper, had been engaged in Illicit traffic in liquor over a period of 18 months and had, been disposing of liquor she had encouraged her son to steal, was made by DetectiveSergeant Doyle in the Police Court to-day. Restitution to the extent of £45 having been made, Mr J. L. Stilwell, S.M., imposed a fine of £l5, in default four morfths’ imprisonment, upon Lowsiy Frederick Keith Suridge, aged 29, foreman, who pleaded gujlty to the theft between June 1 last year and February 27 from his employer, T. and W r . Young and Co., of liquor to the value of £45. On a charge of theft beltween March 1 land May 31 pt this year of liquor, cigarettes, pickles , and other groceries valued at. £23/11/1 he was admitted to probation for 18 monlths.

The mother, Ethel Suridge, aged 49, war fined £2O for selling liquor without la license and £5, in default a month’s imprisonment, for receiving liquor valued at £5/14/11, knowing thalt if was dishonestly obtained. The charges were a result of a watch and a search of the bcording. house and the son’s.- own home.