BROTHERS IN TROUBLE
ALLEGATION OF FRAUD
(By Telegraphy—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, 11th October. Two brothers, Cecil William Mitchell and Arthur Moir Mitchell (both 21), one a salesman and the other a farm hand, were charged in the Police Court to-day with fraud and conspiracy in attempting to obtain from the Insurance Office of Australia, Ltd., £180, by falsely representing that four bags and their contents, covered by a policy, were lost. To bags, according to Detective Hammond,' were insurod at Christchurch. The two accused left Christchurch about 30th September. One came to Auckland and took delivery of the luggage, and the other came' North later, and claimed insurance, saying that the bags had been lost. The bags were found by the police at Taupiri, where another brother lived. Both intended leaving for Sydney.
The accused were remanded till next Friday, and were allowed bail (each
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 90, 12 October 1929, Page 11
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144BROTHERS IN TROUBLE Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 90, 12 October 1929, Page 11
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