STOLEN GOODS
CHARGES OF RECEIVING. ACCUSED SENT TO GAOL. Wellington. Feb. 6. In connection with the charges against John Charles Cannon of the theft of goods valued at £5OO, Henry Ralph iligham. who pleaded guilty to charges of having received goods ot a total value ot £/2 10s from Cannon, knowing them to have been dishonestly outained. was to-day sentenced by the Magistrate to six months’ imprisonment. A brother of John Cannon, named Thomas James Cannon who was described as an engineer, aged 29. pleaded guilty to stealing a gold watch and pencil, valued at £5 10s, and a gold watch, valued at £5 10s. Chief Detective Ward said th: accused helped himself to some of the property which his brother was handing over to Bigham. “A bad feature of the case.” said the Chief Dctec tive “is that when his brother was arrested the accused pretended to be astonished ami dismaked. Later tic brought the gold watch to the police station, saying that he had found it in the house, but subsequent inquiries showed that he had known all along that the property was stolen.’’ The accused had two previous con victions for theft. John Cannon is awaiting trial by the Supreme Court.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 47, 7 February 1928, Page 6
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204STOLEN GOODS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 47, 7 February 1928, Page 6
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