A MEAN THEFT
'A mean theft committed by a young mar. named Sydney Aylmer Goodwyn, a pantryman on the s.s. Beinuera, from a steward named James! Ross, resulted in his being sent to gaol for 14 days by Mr. P. V. Frazer, S.M., who presided at the Magistrate's Court this morning. : Evidence was given by a watersider named Edwin Cook TomMnson that Goodwyn approached: him on the vessel and offered to sell him a coat, and added that if he was in need of tea, sugar, cocoa, or other stores he wonW be able to r oblige him. Later the coat was examined and the bargain concluded by the handing over of £1. Tomkinson bought no stores,, he said, as he had no use for them. He had no donbt about the identity of the accused. The latter, for whom Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared, denied all knowledge of the affair, but the weight of evidence was against him.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 136, 5 December 1918, Page 8
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159A MEAN THEFT Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 136, 5 December 1918, Page 8
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