GUILTY OF THEFT.
MAN TO BE SENTENCED.
fPer Press Association.) PALMERSTONi N., May 13. Keith Elford Craig was found guilty in the Supreme Court of the theft at Linton of bronze bearings valued at £2O. The trial commenced a week ago, but on the accused pleading that he was unable to get witnesses in time, his Honor discharged the jury and ordered a fresh trial, adding that he would take steps to have the witnesses accused needed brought- to Palmerston North, which, was done.
Craig was remanded for sentence. Accused was then arraigned on a charge of obtaining scrap metal by false pretences at Feilding, but his Honor directed the jury to find a verdict of not guilty before the Crown case was completed.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 180, 14 May 1935, Page 7
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