Supreme Court CONVICTION FOR THEFT
Appeal FaiFs
Mr Justice Wilson in the Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal by Arthur Murdoch Mclver, aged 28, a freezing worker (Mr R. G. Blunt), against his conviction on a charge of theft. Mclver was fined £l5 in the Magistrate’s Court on February 11 for stealing a car battery valued at £7 10s from the After Hours Service Station on December 7, 1964. His Honour said the appeal rested on a submission that it had not been proved that when Mclver lifted the battery from a shelf and put it on his car, he did So with the intention of stealing it.
Mclver had said that the attendant, Bennett, had been rude to him and had ordered him out of the service station, and that he had decided to “have him on" by pretending to steal a battery. His Honour said the Magistrate had accepted Bennett’s evidence that the battery was in fact put inside the car and that he had ■been obstructed by the occupants when he tried to recover it. His Honour said there was ample evidence to find that intent had been proved.. Mr N. R. Morgan appeared for the Crown.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30725, 14 April 1965, Page 9
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Supreme Court CONVICTION FOR THEFT
Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30725, 14 April 1965, Page 9
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