STOLEN PROPERTY
GETS MEN INTO TROUBLE,
SIX (MONTHS’ GAOL FOR ONE
WELLINGTON, This Day,
In connection with the charges against John Charles Cannon of the theft of goods, of a value of £SOO, Henry Ralph Higham pleaded guilty to charges of receiving goods of a total value of £72 10s from Cannon knowing them to have been dishonestly obtained and was sentenced by the magistrate to six months’ imprisonment. •
A brother of John Cannon, named Thomas James Cannon, who was described as an engineer, aged 20, 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 the accused helped himself to some of the poperty which his .brother was handing over to Higham. “A bad feature of the case/’ said 'the Chief-Detec-tive, “its that when his brother was arrested accused pretended to be , astonished and dismayed. Later ho brought a gold watch to the Police ■Station saying that he had found it ip the house, but subsequent inquiries showed that he had known all along that the property "was stolen.” Accused had two previous convictions for theft.
John Gannon is awaiting trial by the Supreme Court. —Press Assn.
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Northern Advocate, 7 February 1928, Page 9
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202STOLEN PROPERTY Northern Advocate, 7 February 1928, Page 9
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