SMASH & GRAB RAID
♦ ADMITTED BY TWO SOLDIERS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. A smash and grab raid by two soldiers on the jewellery shop of J. B. Lauchlan Ltd, Willis Street, led to their appearance in Court today before Mr J. L. Stout, S.M. They were Frederick Thomas West, aged 31, and George William Sheddon, aged 22. West was charged with committing mischief by wilfully damaging a plate » glass display window valued at £2O and the theft of a hairbrush worth 8s 6d. Sheddon was charged with stealing two hair brushes and leather case, two brooches, a fountain pen, three strings of pearls, a pencil and knife, two spoons and two benzine cigarette lighters, of a total value of £6 6s. Both men pleaded guilty. It was stated that they were members of the first contingent of troops for overseas and that the military authorities desired them. They were convicted and discharged. A desired guarantee was given that £2O damage would be paid. James Leon Lewis, a jockey and labourer, aged 24, arrested with West and Sheddon, was charged with stealing a cigarette lighter valued at 19s 6d. He was remanded till Wednesday.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 January 1940, Page 6
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