“ALL A JOKE.”
THEFT OF TOOTHPASTE. COURT'S LENIENCY ABUSED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Thursday. “ You know I am too old a hand to believe your story that it was all a joke,” said Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M. to Newell Harry Williams, a waterside worker, who appeared on summons and pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing a carton of toothpaste valued at £2 os, tlie property of the Union Steam Ship Company. A wharf clerk gave evidence that he saw the accused carry the carton away from the steamer Wingatui, a distance of about 4 0 feet. When told to put the carton back he did so. Accused was lined £2 with costs 12s. ” Despite the leniency shown by this Court pillaging stilt goes on in Auckland,” said Senior-Detective Hall-
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19880, 8 May 1936, Page 10
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132“ALL A JOKE.” Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19880, 8 May 1936, Page 10
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