ALLEGED CUSTOMS FRAUDS
ACCUSED COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. (IT IELEORIPB— f RHBB ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, 17th Dec. ! Hearing of the cases of alleged frauds ' on the Customs Department was continued at the Magistrate's Court today. Christopher Robert Smith, Samuel John M'Cormack, and James Anderson Campbell were charged with having, on 12th September, 1913, stolen £12 12s, the property of Hicks and Co. After evidence had' been heard the accused reserved their defence, pleaded not guilty, and were committed for trial. M'Cormack, Smith, and Campbell were then charged with the theft, on 12th September, of £26 4s, the property of Robert Turton. Mr. Wright said that this was another case arising out of the cheque for £122 10s. The facts were that Mr. Turton imported, per the steamer Westmeath, a case of dress goods valued at £114 12s. He employed the New Zealand Express Co. to pass the Customs entries, handing them the invoice. The entries wore not put through in the ordinary way, but by a bill of right. Accused was committed for trial. Smith and Campbell were next charged that on 26th November they stole £8 16s, the property of R. Turton. Turton's evidence was heard, and the case adjourned.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 147, 18 December 1913, Page 2
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199ALLEGED CUSTOMS FRAUDS Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 147, 18 December 1913, Page 2
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