WHISKY FROM BOND
VERDICT OF RECEIVING
A plea by Don Rudolph Melhose, carpenter, aged 32 (Mr. Dickson), when he stood trial before Mr. Justice Callan and a jury yesterday on charges of breaking and entering, theft and receiving in respect of 16 cases of spirits valued at £169, missing from the warehouse of Cooke and Co. and found m prisoner's possession, was that he had bought the goods from a seaman at a "black market" price of £488 without thought that they were stolen, and that he had been.'unable to trace the seller to prove his innocence. After consideration for over three hours the jury brought in a verdict of guilty on the count of receiving, and not guilty on the counts of theft and breaking and entering. Prisoner was remanded for sentence.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 42, 19 February 1943, Page 4
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