TOBACCONIST’S TRIAL
Guilty of Receiving Stolen Property By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, February 13. In the Supreme Court, Edwin Joseph Fearon, a tobacconist, appeared on five charges of receiving stolen property. Alternatively, he was charged with theft in all cases. The goods alleged to have been illegally received were tobacco and cigarettes. The Crown prosecutor said the goods were valued at £165. They had been stolen by two burglars, Pearce and Mitchell, who did five burglaries in the country districts and in the city. The Crown alleged that Fearon received all the proceeds of the thefts, paying a fraction of the value of the goods.
The hearing of the case continued all day, and the jury retired this evening. After a retirement of three hours they returned a verdict of guilty on the receiving charges, and Fearon was remanded for sentence.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 121, 15 February 1935, Page 15
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