THEFT FROM RAILWAY SHED
IMPRISONMENT IMPOSED [per press association.] CHRISTCHURCH, August 15. “Men who pillage goods should be sent to gaol without the option of a fine. If importers cannot trust railway employees, what will happen to the trade of the country?” This comment was made by Mr. Mosley, S.M., when sentencing Joseph Fearon, 44, labourer, to seven days’ imprisonment for theft of two pots of face cream valued at 2/10, the property of the Railway Department. The police stated that goods were missed from railway sheds, and a search made at accused’s house. “I would be failing in my duty if I did not. impress upon these men, that they cannot do this kind of thing "without meeting with the utmost rigour of the law," said Mr. Mosley.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 August 1933, Page 4
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129THEFT FROM RAILWAY SHED Greymouth Evening Star, 15 August 1933, Page 4
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