THEFT BY CARRIER.
LADIES’ SHOES STOLEN. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, Oct. 13. A carrier named Joseph Manning, aged 34, pleaded guilty at the Police Court to the theft of a case of ladies’ shoes valued at £l5O 18s sd, the propertv of the New Zealand Shipping Co. The case was one of three landed for Dadley’s Limited, from'the steamer Norfolk in June last, only two being delivered. A salesman stated that accused told him that he .had a iob line of about a thousand pairs of shoes, and witness agreed to sell some of them. After asking Manning if the shoes as well as the prices were aIL right, witness received that day five pairs of shoes, which he sold the same evening. He met accused by appointment and paid the proceeds of the sale, receiving 5s as commission on each pair. Accused was committed for sentence.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 14 October 1924, Page 5
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148THEFT BY CARRIER. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 14 October 1924, Page 5
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