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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 215, 25 August 1927, Page 8

While on duty early yesterday morning Constable Hodge, of the Napier Police Fofce, saw two men carrying two logs of wood along the street. This excited suspicion so the constable with another man in blue .followed them to a house. The constable Inter entered the house and at the back found the two men. who, when questioned, said they knew nothing about the logs However one was seen to throw a log into the section adjoining so they were arrested. The sequel came Inter in the day when Harry Meredith, aged 28 rears, a commercial traveller, and Ernest William McCardell. a barman/ aged 37. pleaded not gniltv to chartrad of having stolen wood value. 1 at the propertv of R. N’o-the and After hearing the ert.lence and the plea made by Mr, J, Humphries vn behalf of the accused. Messrs A K Renouf and P. C. Wright. J.Ks. entered » conviction. McCardall being finad £2 and Meredith «1 They also called apon to pay for tue wood stela#.