SUPREME COURT
(si TciECKApn'.— r-aicfs AssociAnq;;.)' TIJIARU, 25th May. ' Edward Ellis, a steward on the *s.s. Corinthic, charged with stealing an overcoat from the shop of J. Craigie when the steamer-was in Timnru, was acquitted, the only evidence against him behii; that a. coat was found in his bunk at Wellington, and he denied all knowledge of it. Two other members of the same crew's Tv. ViileiTtine and V. L. Ellis, were charged with thefts of lyi overcoat and a, doormat. The latter was found at tho Customhouse, which was broken into, the same night. The jury disagreed, and .i new trial will be held.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 124, 26 May 1920, Page 2
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