WHISKY STOLEN FROM SHIP’S CARGO
MAN SENTENCED ON THEFT AND RECEIVING CHARGES From Our Own Reporter WESTPORT, November 16. Two seamet charged with the theft of seven cases of whisky from the s.s.. Poolta at Westport were sentenced to three month’s imprisonment with hard labour by Mr T. E. Maunsell, S.M.. in the Magistrate’s Court at Westport to-day. Two other seamen charged with receiving stolen whisky were also sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. John Allan and George Thomas McNamara, of the crew of the s.s. Poolta, were charged with the theft of seven cases of whisky, valued at £75 18s, the property of the Union Steam Ship Company from the cargo of the s.s. Poolta. William Patrick Harrigan and Joseph Granville Cubby, seamen of s.s. Kartigi, were charged with receiving 43 and 22 bottles of whisky, valued at £3B 14s and £l9 10s respectively.
The charges against Allan and McNamara were each amended to the theft of whisky valued at £37 19s. Both accused pleaded guilty and elected to be dealt with summarily.
For the accused. Mr M. B. Scully said that “under a rule of the sea” they would not disclose the name of the actual thief They had been in custody for a week and he pleaded for leniency.
Harrigan and Cubby both pleaded guilty and also elected to be dealt with summarily. They both admitted having received the whisky from persons whose names they would not disclose.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25654, 17 November 1948, Page 6
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WHISKY STOLEN FROM SHIP’S CARGO
Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25654, 17 November 1948, Page 6
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