RECEIVING CHARGE
AGAINST APPEAL BOARD OFFICIAL. P.A. AUCKLAND, Feb. 24. Describing himself as a civil servant and Secretary and Crown representative of the Armed Forces Appeal Board, Leslie Nielson Harris, a clerk, aged 40, was charged with the theft of dress materials valued at £9 ss. the property of the New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, and with receiving materials, knowing them to have been dishonestly obtained, before Mr. F. H. Levien, S.M. A seaman, Colin Webster, aged 31, was charged with the theft of the materials Harris elected to be dealt with by the Supreme Court, while Webster elected for summary jurisdiction. After evidence on the charges preferred against Harris was heard, Mr. Goldstine, for the accused, submitted that there was no evidence in support of the theft charge, and that it should therefore be withdrawn. He proposed to call evidence on the charge of receiving. Agreeing with counsel’s submission, the Magistrate discharged the accused Harris on the theft count. Evidence on the receiving charge was being heard when the hearing was’ adjourned.
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Grey River Argus, 25 February 1944, Page 3
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173RECEIVING CHARGE Grey River Argus, 25 February 1944, Page 3
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