COURT NEWS
CAR; CONVERSION CHARGE,
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OAMARU, April 28. s.' A broadcast description of a motorcar which was missing from Gore on :■ Anzae Day and smart work by the f Oamaru police led to the arrest of two young men,. Stanley .Raymond f O’Connell and William Templeton, both aged IS), and both of lnvercar- ; gill. They were charged at the, Mag- . istrate’s-Court at Oamaru yesterday morning with the unlawful conversion of a motor-car, valued at £269, owned , Dy Frederick Jeffrey McKenzie, and were remanded in custody to appear - at Invercargill this morning. Mr H. C. Jeffrey, J.P.; was on the Bench. V-
A man motoring through from south noticed • that a car driven by 4. two youths answered the broadcast description of a car missing from Gore, said Senior Sergeant T. I. McGregor. The car was followed into Oamaru, and the police were notified. Inspector P. Laughton (Trdnsport Depart- . meet) and Constable M. J.'*McCormack ; headed th© car off on the North' road. The.two youths,had other charges to ‘ answer- at Invercargill. . V ;
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1939, Page 6
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