STOLEN ACCESSORIES
CHARGES OF RECEIVING. ' _____ . i-' 7 MAN AND WIPE ITNED. 4,: (Special to “Northern. Advocate.”) ' V ‘ AUCKLAND, This Day. The hearing of charges of receiving stolen motor accessories from taxi drivers, preferred against'* Arthur Chambers and his ■wife, Mary Chambers, was completed in the Police Court yesterday afternoon before Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M. • Three charges were first fioing that of receiving .a battery valued at £2 15/. The -cithers; referred ■ !to motor car. tyres,-'; ; | Both accused pleaded not guilty. ■ j Evidence was given by Geoffrey ■Mold; formerly a taxi driver, ■ but now ■ a prisoner serving in Mt. Eden Gaol, that he stole a battery from a motor car in Upland Road, Remuera, and the next day sold it to Mrs Chambers for 15/. was not asked where ho got it. ■■ / , ; • -In evidence, Mrs Chambers said-she did not know the battery Was stolen. ■ .: Mold had been with, her - on several .., occasions when she bought tyres from; • motor garages., . On the charge- Of receiving-the bat- : , tery, the magistrate fined each accus- ' od £lO or one month’s imprisonment. ' _On the charge referring to the two motor tyres, Mrs Chambers was cqhvieted and discharged, but Arthur Chambers was fined £lO. Both accused were convicted and discharged on a further charge of receiving a tyre.
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Northern Advocate, 16 September 1932, Page 6
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212STOLEN ACCESSORIES Northern Advocate, 16 September 1932, Page 6
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