SALESMAN'S NEGLIGENCE.
THEFT CHARGE DISMISSED. COMMENT BY MAGISTRATE. [BY TELEGJ! APH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. "You have been worse than a fool—you have been an exaggerated fool," said Mr. E. T). Mosley, S.M., to William Arthur Jaincs, 35, a salesman, who was charged that on September 8 ho stole watches valued at £47, the property of William Shackle. The charge was dismissed. Counsel said the offence really had been due lo stupid neglect. James had booked a passage from Auckland to England at short notice, and had actually had tho wrappings ready for posting the watches back to Shackle, for whom he had been selling on a commission basis. He had omitted to do so through stupidity.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20985, 23 September 1931, Page 12
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