THEFT BY QUARTERMASTER.
COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDrX, Friday. Fulford Benjamin Undorliill, a quartermaster on the steamer Westmeath. was committed for sentence for the theft of 20 dozen bangles, the property of Sladen and Son, of Christchurch, valued at £<i.>. The goods were bought in Birmingham and shipped by the Wcatmeath. The accused, in a written statement, said that while the ship was at Lyttelton he went into the hold and took the goods. lie sold them in Dunoilin to Harold Halligan, a commercial traveller, for £22. To the magistrate, the witness Halligan stated he took the bangles to the detectives as soon as lie heard Uu-y were stolen. /• The magistrate remarked that his conduct was more than strange. The Supreme Court •α-oh Id probably have something to say regarding the transaction. The facts showed extreme carelessness on the part of the purchaser.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 106, 5 May 1923, Page 12
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