DISAPPEARANCE OF TIMBER
UNUSUAL CASE AT BLENHEIM INFORMATION DISMISSED (By Telegraph—Press Association) BLENHEIM. This Day. An unusual case was heard in tho Magistrate’s Court this morning, when George Rutland Hart was charged with stealing one shilling’s worth of timber from th e Blenheim Borough Council. It was explained by the prosecution that since the Blenheim sewerage undertaking commenced over £2OO worth of timber has disappeared, while contractors have also lost large quantities, and this was the only instance in which evidence could be brought. The defence was that the accused was an employee at the timber mill and it was tho custom in the industry for employees to take off-cuts or other waste timber, which bad been done in this instance. The Magistrate, Mr T. E Maunsell, S.M., said the amount involved was so small and a conviction was so serious a matter that he would dismiss the charge; but ruled that the accused was not entitled to the timber.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 5 September 1934, Page 5
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