SHIP'S CARGO BROACHED.
QUANTITY OF TOBACCO STOLEN. EIGHT MEN IN COURT. Id? telegraph,—press association.] , Wellington, Sunday. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, Alfred Nelson, Donald McPherson, Anton Olsen, John Hindle, William Young, Fred. L. Backhouse, James Wright, and Harry Douglas, appeared before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., charged with stealing 251b of Havelock tobacco, valued at £7 10s, the property of the Union Steam Ship Company.
■In asking for a remand until Wednesday, Chief-Detective Broberg said the offence was alleged to have taken place on board the steamer Moana on Friday, while discharging operations were in progress. A box of tobacco was found to have been pillaged, and when detectives searched the accused, who were all working in the hold in which the tobacco was stolen, seven were found to have tobacco in their possession. >•<
A remand was granted, bail being allowed, each accused in the sum of £40, and two sureties of £20.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14824, 30 October 1911, Page 8
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153SHIP'S CARGO BROACHED. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14824, 30 October 1911, Page 8
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