INVITATION ACCEPTED.
CANVASSER'S THEFT. A notice pinned on the back door, intimating that 2s would he found on the kitchen table within, attracted the eye of Edward John Shepherd. It appeared in the Police Court yesterday that W. E. Taylor had ' left the money and notice for the benefit of an insurance agent who was expected to call. Shepherd, who had been canvassing in the neighbourhood for a dry-cleaning firm, arrived at Taylor's house before the insurance agent, and acting on the information conveyed by the notice, pocketed the 2s. " I , Shepherd was convicted of the theft, and sentenced to 14 days' hard labour.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15411, 20 September 1913, Page 5
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104INVITATION ACCEPTED. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15411, 20 September 1913, Page 5
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