A NEAT POINT.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10733, 2 November 1928, Page 2

A NEAT POINT.

OWNERSHIP OF GOODS. GOT BY FRAUD. .;

(Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 1. Whether certain- goods, fraudulently obtained and sold, should, remaip the property of the person to whom they were sold, or should be returned to the original, owners, was a question to be decided by, Mr Mosley, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court to-day.. The case was a sequel to the recent conviction in' the . Supreme Court, of James Bullars McKenzie, who was sentenced to a term of Imprisonment on several'charges of'ohtaining_ goods by fraud. The original owners "applied to the court to have these goods returned by Edtvard Wright, to whom they were. sold'by 'McKenzie’s partner, Swppney, how missing. Evidence was :given' as to the circumstances under "which the goods were sold. The goods' comprised thirteen cases of motor spirit, •191 sheets of galvanised, iron, five pneumatic tyres and one solid tyre. The magistrate said the case was different from one of theft, for the thief had no title to the goods he stole. "When a man obtained .goods by false pretences, he acquired; sonie measure of title. The jerux of'the matter was whether Wright' acted genuinely and gave value. In order to succeed plaintiffs would require to prove that Wright knew the true position and paid' a ridiculous price. After hearing evidence the Magistrate ordered the ; goods to be returned to ; Wright.' r „-*•»/*