Story Of Stolen Cardigans
[Per Press Association. Copyright.'] NEW PLYMOUTH. This Day. The disappearance from the motor vessell Trojan Star, at New Plymouth, during the week-end, of a whole case of 288 women’s cardigan coats, the finding of 57 of them secreted in the shaft tunnel of the vessel, and the admission by a member of the crew of the theft of one of them, were features of a case in the Police Court yesterday. Joseph Best, ship’s cleaner, pleaded guilty to the theft of one coat, which he gave to a taxi driver, in part payment for the fare to the port on Sunday. There was an argument between accused and a taxidriver about the fare, said a detective, and accused ultimately said he had a lady’s cardigan on board which' he offered as part payment.
The taxidriver accepted, but when ho learned that the police were making inquiries about the loss of the garments, he at once informed them and identified accused. The detective said Best first denied all knowledge of the cardigan, but later admitted taking it. In answer to the magistrate, he said he picked it up on the deck of the ship on Saturday, and was not aware it was part of the ship’s cargo.
Best was convicted .and fined £5 and 4/- expenses incurred in connection with his arrest.
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Northern Advocate, 11 May 1939, Page 4
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