“CHRISTIAN CHARITY.”
PARSON WHO LOST A WALLET. PLEA ON BEHALF OF THIEVES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. At the Supreme Court to-day Jeremiah Bradley and Francis Quigley came up for sentence on charges of having stolen £136 17s 6d and a leather wallet belonging to the Rev. J. F. Wiseman, of Ashburton. Mr. Donnelly (Crown Prosecutor) said it seemed certain that the act in both cases was not a premeditated one. Both men were hard working and had respectable relations, and he thought he was justified in submitting a letter from Mr. Wiseman indicating the view which he took. The letter breathed the spirit of the highest Christian charity in it. Mr. Wiseman said he sincerely hoped that both men would be admitted to probation, and it seemed from the view taken by Mr. Wiseman and the probation officer that the cases were those in which probation might be given. Judge Adams: “I have considered these cases and I desire to say that it is a pleasant and creditable thing to find a prosecutor who has been deprived of a considerable sum of money taking the attitude of the Rev. Wiseman in this case. I think both cases are such that the provisions of the Pr-'ba-tion Act may be prudently and w..,ely applied. Both these men appear to owe their present position to indulgence in drink.”
The prisoners were each admitted to three years’ probation, with special provision that each should take a prohibition order out against himself for three years, the order to be renewed annually. It was stated the full sum had since been returned to Mr. Wiseman.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 February 1922, Page 5
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