STOLEN GOODS
GUILTY OF RECEIVING. - “A GUNNING CRIMINAL.” (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. Charged' in the Supreme Court with Stealing four doors and seven windows “worth £9 19/-, and alternatively with receiving, Frederick John Cowling was found guilty by the jury of receiving only. The house from which the articles “Were allegedly taken was subsequently destroyed by fire.
Mr Justice Ostler said that the offence referred to in the charge was that of a cunning criminal, and the prisoner's conduct had shown that he was a cunning person with some criminal instincts. A sentence of six months’ hard labour was imposed and an order was made for restitution of the doors and “Windows.
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Northern Advocate, 18 August 1933, Page 7
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115STOLEN GOODS Northern Advocate, 18 August 1933, Page 7
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