WAHINE MAIL BOBBERY.
TWO MEIT SENTENCED.
HARD LABOUR FOR TAXI DRIVER
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON", Wednesday.
Thomas Gordon, who stole postal packets from the ferry steamer Wahine, was sentenced at Wellington to-day to three years' imprisonment, with hard labour.
Arthur Henry William Bevan, who was also implicated, was sentenced to two years at a Borstal Institute. A sum of £16 found in his possession, part of the proceeds of the robbery, was ordered to be returned to the Post-master-General. Gordon was a taxi driver, aged 21, and Bevan a plumber, aged 20. It was stated in Court that Gordon admitted going into the hold of the Wahine, where he secured the mail matter which was subsequently missed. A third man, who pleaded not guilty, has yet to be tried.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 91, 18 April 1929, Page 18
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