STOLEN BENZINE
EXTENSIVE DEPREDATIONS' REVEALED. FBB FBESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, March 14. An extensive series of theft* of benzine from A. S. Paterson and Company, Limited’s oil bond store was revealed in the Police Court during the hearing of charges against four men, the amount involved being over £l9o, the value of 221 tins. John Brumel Donovan, James Archer, Edward Clark, and George Porter were charged with having stolen 28 tins of benzine valued at £23 9s on March Sth. Donovan, Clark, and Archer were also charged, with the theft of 38 tins valued at £32 14a 6d on January 19th, and Donovan with having stolen between December and January, 160 tins valued an £129 19s, there being five charges. Clark and Archer were employed by firms as storemen. Accused pleaded guilty and were committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10849, 15 March 1921, Page 4
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