ALLEGED STOLEN GOODS

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 33, 2 November 1928, Page 3

ALLEGED STOLEN GOODS

STORE CLERK ON TRIAL George Ashton Ferguson, a store clerk, appeared before Mr. Justice Reed in the Supreme Court yesterday charged with stealing an electric iron and three lamp shades valued at £2 ss. 6d., and also ■ with the theft of two radio, valves, a battery charger and an electric pickup valued at £ll 2s„ the property of the National Electrical Engineering Co., k Accused, who pleaded not guilty, wa« represented by Mr. A. B. Sievwright. Evidence for the prosecution was to the effect that Ferguson had been supplying electrical goods to people without the authority of his firm. The Soods, if "iven on approval—and 1 erguson had authority to give rut some things on approval—should have been entered up. The goods in question, however, had not been entered up at allArchibald Bitossi, a former employee of the firm, said that he knew that Ferguson had supplied goods to people Wi Fr°ederTck e v^s t e bem ma I I iager of the gramophone department of Ballantyne Wiintpr that he had been ar rested and ’charged \ n . th \ M “^^j ate o f Court with having stolen a number of "■rnmonhone records from his. firm. The case was dismissed. Detechves Jarro and McLennan had accused witness of stealing the records and exchanging them with Ferguson, with whom they stated he had arranged to steal the goods Witness was still the manager of the same department at BaHantyn and Hunter’s. A statement which had been signed bv witness to the effect that he had stolen the records to give to Ferguson, who had arranged with him to steal the electrical goods, had not been read over by witness. The detec tives had invented the statement. Otherwise they had misunderstood bun. Had 0 ‘ 1 the statement over he would over have signed it. because it was un hue Witness had the authority of h s C °>r r r‘ Macnssev: Is it not a fact that the partners "f the firm had « d>spute because Mr. Hunter took you back.(his morning.