THEFT BY A FIREMAN
SMUGGLING QUESTION INVOLVED,
(bi TiiLEakApri.—titcss association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day William Steele, fireman on. the s.s. Kent, pleaded guilty to tlie theft oE thirty-one pith's of gloves, valued at £18,*froril the vessel, and also to selling the same articles. He was sentenced to imprisonment for three months with hard labour for the theft, and was convicted arid discharged on tile other charge. The Magistrate declined to order the. forfeiture of the 1 gloves, as tlie owners coiild not be penalised for the act Of the accused Ift smuggling the stolen gloves.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 155, 28 December 1918, Page 2
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94THEFT BY A FIREMAN Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 155, 28 December 1918, Page 2
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