MEAN CASE OF THEFT.
SERVICE STATION MONEY. TRAVELLER SENT TO GAOL. [BY TELEGKAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHUKCH. Friday, i " I don't think you have had a meaner theft to deal with before," said the chief i detective to Mr. E. 1). Mosley, S.M., in I referring to the case of Hugh Barnett, ■ aged 39, traveller, who was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment for the theft of ■ 19s, the property of Victor Ernest Usherwood. 1 The police evidence showed that Barnett was travelling for an oil company at 1 a salary of nearly £9 u week. He lived in ' a fashionable neighbourhood. Usherwood was a struggling petrol station proprietor ' and at various times had missed £BO from 1 the station. Barnett was caught by ' means of marked coins. lie admitted he had no need to steal. I i s
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21100, 6 February 1932, Page 12
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137MEAN CASE OF THEFT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21100, 6 February 1932, Page 12
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