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"SHOPBREAKER GETS TWO YEARS IN PENITENTIARY," Winnipeg Tribune. July 11, 1933. Page 3. --- A two-year penitentiary term was imposed on George Kelln when he pleaded guilty, in city police court today, to bring into tailor shop at suite 5, Campbell block, and stealing suits and over-coats to the value of $177. This term will run concurrently with a two-year sentence given him in county court, Monday, when he was convicted of two other shopbreaking charges.

Edmond Nolan, charged jointly with Kelln in connection with the tailor shop burglary, pleaded not guilty and asked for a jury trial. He was given a preliminary hearing and committed for trial.

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Protest: Katsina government imposes 24-hour curfew

The Katsina State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Dutsinma Local Government Area. The Secretary to the government of the State, Alhaji Abdullahi Garba-Faskari, announced the decision in a statement issued in Katsina on Thursday. The statement was signed by Alhaji Abdullahi Aliyu-Yar’adua, the director of media at the office of the secretary to the state government. According to him, the government under the acting governor, Malam Faruq Jobe, has also banned unusual gatherings and all types of protests across the state. He explained further that the decision followed an emergency State Security Council meeting convened on the report of breakdown of law and order in some parts of the state as a result of the nationwide protest.“ The acting governor had earlier received a group of Civil Society Organizations who were on a peaceful demonstration at the Government House and pledged to deliver their messages to the appropriate authority. “However, later government received reports that some miscreants had hijacked the protest and unleashed their ulterior motives of shopbreaking, looting, and vandalisation of public and private properties.“ Therefore, the government found it necessary to impose these measures to safeguard people’s lives and properties in the state,” he said. According to him, people are therefore warned to remain calm and law-abiding, as the security agencies have been directed to arrest any individual or group of persons for violating the orders. He said that the acting governor has appealed to the people in the state to continue with their legitimate activities within the free movement period. Similarly, the police in the state said it has begun enforcement of the curfew across the state. The spokesman of the command, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, said in a statement, “We wish to dismiss the misinformation that police personnel shot live ammo at protesters, resulting in loss of lives. “We assure the members of the public that our officers exercised the maximum level of restraint and professionalism in handling the violent protesters.“ There is no record of any fatalities resulting from police actions as of the time of these reports,” according to Sadiq-Aliyu. (NAN) Read the full article

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Shopbreakers

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I will spend the first 2 weeks of summer in Dresden, working in the garden and preparing new offers for Teufelskunst. I will not be able to process or ship orders during this time. Current orders will be shipped until Tuesday. #shopbreak #summerbreak

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Today is Saturday, October 27th, 2018

The holidays for the day are Make A Difference Day, Black Cat Day, and Pit Bull Awareness Day

Born on this day:

Isaac Singer (Inventor, made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company; many had patented sewing machines before Singer, but his success was based on the practicality of his machine, the ease with which it could be adapted to home use, and its availability on an installment payment basis) in 1811

Roy Lichtenstein (Artist, during the 1960’s, along with Andy Warhol and others, he became a leading figure in the new art movement; his work defined the premise of pop art through parody) in 1923 

Sylvia Plath (Writer, Plath is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems and Ariel, and The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her death) in 1932

Died on this day:

Squizzy Taylor (Criminal, described as the Australian equivalent of the 'American bootleggers', his crimes ranged from pickpocketing, assault and shopbreaking to armed robbery and murder) in 1927 at age 39

Ellen Hayes (Historical, an American mathematician and astronomer; she was a controversial character for not only being a female professor, but also embracing many radical causes) in 1930 at age 79

Ray Ellis (Musician, he was responsible for the orchestration in Billie Holiday's Lady in Satin) in 2008 at age 85

Please, remember to be kind to animals & check my Cat Adoption tag, reblog some kitties and help them find a home!

Have a person you want included at a future date? Send me an ask/ message, give me the info and I’ll consider it!

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"Gerard Lemieux Given Full Reformatory Term," Ottawa Journal. June 29, 1934. Page 2. --- His youth saved Gerard Lemieux, 20, of Montreal, from a penitentiary term, Magistrate Glenn E. Strike pointed out today as he sentenced the self-confessed shopbreaker to the maximum term in Guelph reformatory, two years definite and two d years indeterminate.

Lemieux pleaded guilty on two charges of breaking into the store of Max Feller, Limited, 156 Rideau street, and of breaking into the premises of the Ottawa Drug Company, 457 Sussex street, and stealing $336 worth of narcotic drugs.

Detective Ernest Sabourin, who caught Lemieux in the act of breaking into Feller's store, and connected him with the drug company robbery, told the court that Lemieux had directed him to caches where all the stolen drugs had been located.

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"PRINTS CONVICT MAN," Toronto Star. July 21, 1933. Page 17. ---- Montreal Youth Admits Guilt - Gets Three Years at Kingston ---- Chesterville, July 21. Found guilty of shopbreaking here on July 3, and stealing goods valued at $300, Walter Johnson, 19, of Montreal, was sentenced to three years in Kingston penitentiary by Magistrate John McCormick of Winchester. Haroid Graham, 29, said to be from British Columbia. was sentenced to 18 months definite and six months indefinite.

Johnson denied his guilt until confronted by finger-prints.

[Johnston had also been in the Industrial School, the Guelph Reformatory, the Burwash Industrial Farm, and the Perth County Jail - all before turning 19. He was convict #3125 at Kingston Penitentiary and worked in a labour gang outside. He was reported three times for misconduct. He was released January 1936.]

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"JURY RETURNED TRUE BILLS AT PEACE SESSION," Hamilton Spectator. December 6, 1933. Page 7. ---- Several Face Trial on Serious Counts ---- Frederick Pollington Was Remanded ---- Half of Copetown in Court To-day ---- The grand jury at the winter general sessions of the peace before Julge George C. Thomson this morning returned true bills in all the indictments given it to consider. A the conclusion of the current civil case, George W. Ballard, K.C., representing the crown prosecution, will proceed against the following: Sam Hrynowic and Paul Gawrelez, intimidation; Willis Pelly and Edward Wells, armed robbery; John Lett, criminal negligence; Alfred Little and Thomas O'Donnell, charged with serious offenses, and Joseph Barth, drunken driving.

John Hurst, 122 Main street east, who was committed for trial by Magistrate Burbidge on a charge of shopbreaking with intent at the Dominion Stores, 228 King street west, and who elected trial by a judge, appeared before Judge Thomson this morning and pleaded guilty to the count against him. After His Honour heard an outline of the case by Constable Langdon, he reserved judgment judgment until the end of the criminal session and remand- ed Hurst accordingly.

The crown requested an adjournment in the case of Garth Miller, committed for trial also by the city police magistrate on a charge of auto theft. The reason given was that police are still trying to locate the alleged accomplice of the accused man. The hearing was adjourned until the next court of competent jurisdiction. J. P. O'Reilly appeared on behalf of Miller. The case of Fred D. Woods, charged with criminal negligence following an accident on the Brantford highway, was adjourned until March session.

Remanded For Sentence Frederick Pollington, 242 Robert street, who obtained a divorce from his wife at the last session only to find himself in another court on a charge of bigamy, was remanded for sentence on two days' notice following the appeal of his counsel, D. A. Robinson.

Mr. Robinson explained to Judge Thomson, following Pollington's plea of guilty, that he was asking a suspension of sentence because of the accused man's age - he is 28 - and because he entered into the second and bigamous form of marriage, after he parted parted with his first wife because of allegeded threats by the father of the girl he was going with. His divorce decree will not be made absolute for six months, and as he intends to marry the second girl legally at the expiration of that time, he was dealt with leniently by Judge Thomson, who remanded him for sentence on two days' notice. Bail was set at $2,000.

Was Settled The suit of William R. Clark, a minor, and his father, Vernon R. Clark, against Norman and Percy Smith for $500 damages for injuries sustained by the minor plaintiff when he was struck by the Smith car on Cameron avenue on July 7 last, was settled. This was the first civil jury case on the list before Judge Thomson. The young man suffered minor head injuries when he was hit. Haines & Wills acted on behalf of the plaintiffs, while the defendants were represented by Harry F. Hazell

Reputation Hurt It seemed as though the whole village of Copetown was into the court room crowded room to hear the claim of Gordon DeForest against another Copetown farmer, Wilfred Durham, for $1,000 damages and costs for alleged malicious statements which are claimed to have. damaged his reputation. The plaintiff claims that on St. Patrick's day last the defendant made the damaging statements. He further claims that his reputation has been so injured that Horace Shipman, the mortgagee of his farm, has commenced foreclosure proceedings, and that he has suffered loss of credit and standing in the community.

H. F. Hazell is acting for DeForest, while the defendant is represented by Read & Innes, of Brantford. This case, a jury trial, is continuing.

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"GUILTY BANDIT SENT TO PRISON FOR FOUR YEARS," Hamilton Spectator. January 10, 1934. Page 7. --- John Stewart Involved in Several Crimes ---- Frank Savoy Didn't Want Any Comment --- Asked For Sentence To Be "Quick" --- Appearing for sentence in police court this morning on two charges, of shopbreaking and theft and one of assault and robbery, John Stewart, no address, was sentenced to a total of four years in the penitentiary. On the charge of assaulting and robbing Mike Gaic, Stewart was sentenced to two years and to similar terms on the shopbreaking charges. The latter sentences will run concurrently, but consecutively to the assault and robbery count.

On the assault charge, Stewart is said to have been a companion of Walter Reece and William Creek, who are both serving jail terms for the same offence. He was arrested last week by Constable Pickup after a store on Main street east had been burgled, and later admitted having broken into another store on Ottawa street north.

"Make It Quick" "Have you anything to say before you are sentenced?" asked Magistrate Burbidge. of Frank Savoy, alias Frank Conders, who appeared for sentence on a charge of possession of a revolver which was found in his overcoat pocket when he applied for a night's lodging at the central police station.

"Make it quick," was Savoy's non-committal reply.

"When a man of your record, is found in possession of firearms, it may mean an intention to use them," said the magistrate, in sentencing the accused to one year in the common jail.

"Can't you make it two years in the penitentiary?" asked the accused.

"No," replied the magistrate, and Savoy turned towards the cells.

Wanted No Trial "I don't want to be tried anywhere," said Alexander Ritta, 365 Mary street, who was jointly charged with Joseph Cutala, 295 Catharine street north, with fighting on the street, when he was asked to elect where he would be tried. After the matter of election was explained to him, he elected to be tried by the magistrate.

A story of a row which started in a pool room on James street north on December 29 was told. It was stated that an argument started which continued on the street. After a party of men left the pool room, it appeared as though a fight would start and Cutala was said to have tried to stop it, saying that all would be arrested for fighting on the street. It was said that Ritta called Cutaia a vile name and struck him in the mouth cutting his lips. Cutala, an amateur boxer, retaliated with both hands and Ritta went to the hospital for four days. Both men were convicted and were remanded for sentence for a week on bail of $50 each.

"I want to be tried in the high court," exclaimed Ritta as he went to the cells.

In registering the conviction, Magistrate Burbidge said that, although a man had a right to defend himself, he should not retaliate. It was his duty to withdraw and take proper action through the courts. Cutaia could have charged Ritta with assault occasioning actual bodily harm which carried with it a maximum term of three years in the penitentiary. He intimated that both men would be treated alike when sentence is passed.

Had a Revolver Following complaints that a on man Beach road had a gun, Inspector Ernest May of the east-end division, and Constable Forbes went out on a search for the man. This search morning. Claude Glover, Freeman, Ont., appeared on a charge crying a loaded revolver. He claimed that he was intoxicated, and did not remember where he got the weapon. A conviction was registered and Glover was remanded a week for sentence and mental examination.

"He has gone to the northern camps," said Acting Court Clerk Eric Howell when Fred Earle failed to appear for sentence on a vagrancy charge. The case was adjourned sine die.

A further remand for sentence of one week was granted in the case of John Hurst who is awaiting sentence on charges of armed robbery arising out of the hold-ups of Albert and George Salton and a William Carroll store on the night of November 25 last.

[AL: John Stewart was 23, single, born in Paisley, Scotland, and was a 'common labourer'. He had a long criminal record - including terms at the Industrial School in Mimico, the Guelph Reformatory, and Burwash Industrial Farm, and a previous term at Kingston Penitentiary as #486. This time, he was convict #3321 at Kingston Penitentiary, and worked as a common labourer at the prison. He was transferred February 1935 to Collin's Bay Penitentiary, and released from there in early 1937 thanks to good time earned.]

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"STRANGE ACTION OF MAN WHO SAID "O.K."," Hamilton Spectator. December 5, 1933. Page 7. --- Constable Langdon Listens, Hears Noises ---- Detective Thompson Made Arrest in Cellar ---- Electing to be tried in a higher court, John Hurst, 122 Main street east, aged 28 years, was committed for trial by Magistrate Burbidge in police court this morning on a charge of shopbreaking with intent to commit an indictable offence. Constable Langdon told the court that, while he was patrolling his beat on King street west, about 12.30 o'clock this morning, he saw a man pass the Dominion store, 228 King street west, and say "O. K." This attracted his attention and he watched the man, who turned about and walked back, stopping in front of the store and saying "O.K." again. On examination he found that a cellar window had been opened, and, listening, he heard a noise. He immediately called the police station for assistance and, while he was waiting, he caught a glimpse of a man in the cellar. On the arrival of Detective Thompson with reinforcements, the place was surrounded and Detective Thompson entered the cellar and brought the accused out.

Detective Thompson stated that when he entered the cellar, he found the accused crouching in a corner. Marks, presumably made presumably with a sharp instrument, were discovered around the lock of a door leading to the upper part of the store. The officer stated he found an ice scraper in the cellar which the accused admitted having used to try to cut through the door.

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"NOTE TIED TO PIGEON CAUSES MAN'S ARREST," Toronto Star. March 10, 1934. Page 3. ---- Sentenced for Theft of Homing Flock - Says Legs "Walked There" --- Rocco Micelli, convicted on three charges of stealing pigeons, was sentenced to 2 months on each charge, sentence to run concurrently, in men's police court to-day.

"It was that note that convicted you," stated Magistrate Browne. Herbert Crawthers, pigeon fancier, declared that 50 pigeons had been stolen February 18 or 19 from the lot behind his house.

"The lock on the crates was broken," he stated. "Most of the pigeons were homers valued at $1 each. They had aluminum bands on their legs."

Complainant said he identified several of the bands found at accused's home as his.

Six of the homers came back and en the leg of one there was a printed note: "We got 10c for your pigeons: why don't you keep good birds?" (signed) A Friend.""

He is no friend of mine," remarked complainant.

"We went to accused's premises March 3," testified an officer. "At the back door were a quantity of pigeon feathers. In searching through the feathers we found several legs of pigeons with bands identified by complainant. Accused said a friend gave them to him."

"You were found with a bag of pigeons before the officers went to your place, were you not?" queried the crown. "Yes. I was."

"These belonged to Gordon Feldman, did they not?" "Yes."

"How did you get them?" "I swiped them."

"What about the feathers around your door?" asked Mr. Snyder. "The feathers must have got loose."

"And the legs; did they get loose, too," continued the crown. "I guess they walked there."

"Did you write that note?" "No, I know nothing of it."

Accused was handed a piece of paper and pen and was told to print the note and sign it "A Friend."

"There is absolutely no doubt that you wrote the message," decided the cadi comparing the notes.

"The pigeons were sent us by a friend," said the boy's mother, "and I made pigeon soup."

"I don't believe you," returned the bench. John Baker also testified that he had some pigeons stolen from his place on Christie St. and had Identified two at the station as be- longing to him.

Would Commend Pigeon "It is too bad that pigeon wasn't in court to-day." commented Magistrate Browne. "I would have certainly commended it to the police commission. It would be the first time I have ever recommended a pigeon' to the commission," he added.

A sentence of two years in Kingston penitentiary was imposed in men's police court to-day on James Wilson, Montreal, who pleaded guilty to shopbreaking.

He pleaded guilty to breaking into Western Technical school, and then wrecking a vault with a crowbar and taking a sum of money in mall change.

"There are similar charges awaiting at London and Oshawa," said Det. Mumberson.

Accused had a very long record United States and Canada. The which took him into jails all over record revealed convictions for escape, assault and shopbreaking.

"How is it you were all over the United States if you were born in Canada?

"I was wandering around looking for work."

"Wandering around committing crime, you mean," remarked the cadi.

Receiver Gets Three Months Fred Wilson, 18, charged with receiving in the same case, was sentenced to three months definite and three indefinite.

"I am being as lenient as I can," sighed Magistrate Browne as he passed sentence. "You had better stop this you don't want to get."

Accused was also facing similar charges in Oshawa and London. It was brought out that he came from Vancouver and that he has no parents or relatives.

"I met this boy while we were sleeping in a jail at Gananoque," said James Wilson. "And in a way I got this boy to do this break-in with me."

He said he got the idea of breaking into the school from another man, whose name he wouldn't divulge, who was also sleeping in the jail.

"Detective Mumberson is to be commended for affecting the capture of these men." declared Magistrate Browne. "He has not only helped our own district but all over Ontario."

As a result of driving an auto whale intoxicated, Dave Ratcliffe was committed to jail for 14 days. "I found him in his car with its front wheels on the side walk, at Queen and Logan," said an officer. "When I took him from the car he collapsed."

Stole Thirteen Pens Caught with thirteen pens that he had lifted from a department store. Wm. Kirby was sentenced to four- teen days in jail.

"He had been drinking," said a store employee. "I had not," denied accused.

However he did have a very long record.

Freed of Theft Charge "He has been coming here since 1895; he is a veteran," admitted T. O'Connor, pleading for Sid Whitney, charged with theft. "But there is Do evidence here to show he did it."

"Yes, there is an element of doubt," agreed the bench.

"Discharged, see you later!"

"I picked him up on Allan St. at University at 2.15 p.m. yesterday." testified P.C. Vance. "He was carrying a bag with lead pipe in it."

"He told me he took it out of a house on Stewart St.." swore an officer.

The janitor of some houses on Stewart St. testified several houses had been broken into and plumbing had been removed.

"I got it from old houses they were demolishing near the old fort," pleaded accused.

Convicted of stealing an automobile, James Stott, was sentenced to one year determinate and one year indeterminate at the Ontario reformatory. He had taken the car which belonged to Ann Stott, no relative, out of a garage. He told police it was his sister's car and almost convinced them.

Gets Week to Pay "You are coming too often," commented Magistrate Tinker in early court this morning as he assessed Angus McDonald $10 or ten days on a drunkenness charge.

"Give me a week to pay it," pleaded accused. "I have a job: I have only had it awhile and I don't want to lose it."

"All right," asserted the bench. "but remember to pay it or there will be a warrant issued for you."

On his way from Sudbury to Brantford via the "rod-riding" route, Mick Marynick will be delayed, as Magistrate Tinker remanded him in custody until Monday.

Wedding Cheer Seized A cache of 15 gallons of illicit alcohol purchased by Tom Citka for export to Sudbury was seized yesterday by Plainclothesmen William Baker and Albert Lee on a raid on a Grange Ave. house. Citka was fined $200 and costs or three months by Magistrate Jones. He pleaded guilty.

"There was to be a wedding in Sudbury and they were going to make a good job of it," stated Counsel Austin Ross.

Because the officer, complainant in a charge of reckless driving against Sidney Grindall, was ill with pneumonia, a remand for two weeks was ordered.

[Wilson was convict #3397 at Kingston Penitentiary. He was 28, from Montreal, and a wood-turner by trade with no previous record. He was a convict carpenter and was released May 1936 from the penitentiary.]

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"George Snelgrove [bottom] and Roy Winter, [top] the two boys arrested for housebreaking recently, appeared before his honor Judge Robb and pleaded guilty. Winter was sentenced to five years and Snelgrove to four years in the Kingston penitentiary." - from the Hamilton Spectator. May 5, 1912. Page 25. ///

“Youths for the ‘Pen’,” Kingston Daily Standard. May 7, 1912. Page 08. — Two Entered The Big Portsmouth Prison This Morning. — Two Youths, aged 18 and 19, entered the penitentiary this morning. They were both in bright spirits and didn’t seem to feel their disgrace very keenly. They are looking forward to learning a trade while in the institution.

The youthful convicts are Roy Winters, five years for burglary, and George Snellgrove, four years for shop-breaking. They were brought down by Sheriff Snider, of Simcoe, and two constables, and spent part of the night at the police station.

[AL: Both young men had been in local jails several times before this, and Winters was illiterate - he would attend school inside the penitentiary. Winters was convict #F-384 and Snelgrove #F-385. Winters was reported once in September 1912 and Snelgrove oncce in February 1913 - neither serious. Both were also paroled early in their sentence - Winters in August 1913 and Snellgrove in April. The latter did come back to the penitentiary again in the 1920s.]

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"BROKE GLASS, WALL GOT $9, SUIT, 'PEN'," Toronto Star. February 9, 1943. Page 28. --- James Fox Given Two Years - Anthony Del Grande 4 Years on 7 Counts ---- HOMES ENTERED ---- "A" Police Court, at the City Hall, Magistrate Browne. "You have a long criminal record and you are not improving any." So Magistrate Browne told James H. Fox [pictured] after he pleaded guilty to two charges of shopbreaking. He was sent to Kingston penitentiary for two years.

Fox was apprehended by P.C. George McKeown in a store on Queen St. W. at 5 a.m., Feb. 4. "I was passing a clothing store when I noticed a man inside and the door locked. Investigating I found a window in a hamburger next door broken. I entered and found the wall between the two premises was smashed. I found the accused hiding in the cellar."

The constable said Fox took $9.35 from a machine in the hamburger and a suit of clothes from next door. "He was wearing the new suit and left his old one on the floor," the officer concluded.

Constable McKeown was highly commended by the court for his work in arresting the accused. Fox had nothing to say in court.

In sending Anthony Del Grande to penitentiary for four years on seven charges of receiving stolen goods Magistrate Browne said: "Your record shows that you have been pursuing a life of crime for years. Thousands of dollars worth of goods have been stolen from decent citizens and very little recovered."

Detective Art Keay, who arrested accused on Jarvis St. Jan. 23, was commended by the court. The officer was off duty when he recognized Del Grande.

Detective A. Taylor who questioned accused, said that during December and January seven homes in Toronto, Long Branch and New Toronto were entered and "several thousand dollars worth" of clothing and jewelry taken, of which "very little" had been recovered.

STOLE PLANE PARTS ---- County Police Court, at the City Hall - Magistrate Keith. Charged with stealing airplane parts from de Haviland Aircraft Co., where he was employed, Michael Babij pleaded guilty and was remanded until Feb. 12 for sentence.

Det. George Wilson. North York, said he arrested Babij leaving the plant after work. "Babij had an airplane tail wheel, hub and tire. Accused said he had taken the parts for an experiment at home to im- prove the wheel. I asked him." the

officer said, "why he did not obtain permission. He replied he did not wish to reveal his ideas for fear of not receiving proper credit."

"I have previously made tools that were adopted for use and was never credited," accused said. "My only desire is to contribute to furthering the industry in Canada."

"You are paid to do a certain job and if there is no one to whom you can go with ideas that does not justify you taking material which doesn't belong to you," Magistrate Keith said,

BROKE INTO STORE ---- "B" Police Court, at the City Hall. Magistrate McNish. Arthur Paton denied a charge of breaking into the store and home of Louis Rose, College St., and stealing a purse containing $38. He was convicted, however, and remanded until Feb. 16 for sentence at the request of Crown Counsel F. I. Malone, who pointed out accused had a record dating back to 1924.

[AL: Fox had three previous penitentiary convictions, going back to 1932. 40, divorced, a commercial labourer since his last release in 1942, he also had served nine terms in Ontario reformatories. This time around he was convict #7211 at Kingston Penitentiary, and mostly worked in the stone cutters and masons. He had three reports to his name, but earned most of his remission and was released in September 1944.]