NUMEROUS THEFTS
MACHINE-GUNS TAKEN
DETENTION FOR OFFENDER (tty Telegraph.—rress Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday “Yours is a serious case, because from your past offences and from this group it does look as though you set out to prey on the community,” said Mr Justice Northcroft to James Mervyn Philp in the Supreme Court this morning. His Honour said he haci, considered sending Philp straight to gaol but had decided to give him a chance by sending him to Borstal for three years. Philp admitted the theft of tools valued at £3O, a motor-truck valued at £320, two Hotchkiss machineguns and accessories and a rifle, valued at £136, coat and leggings, valued at £3, motor accessories valued at £63. petrol valued at £ll, and motor-cycle p&rU valued at £4O,
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20991, 19 December 1939, Page 8
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126NUMEROUS THEFTS Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20991, 19 December 1939, Page 8
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