ALLEGED CARGO BROACHING.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10761, 8 May 1911, Page 1

ALLEGED CARGO BROACHING.

(Per Press Association.) Chiistchnrch, May 6,

\ciin>'-I>etcctive -Carney and Sergeant Hviin «? Lvtteltoii; arrested five sailors helonging to the-Tndrabarah .011 a charge nt goods from the. cargo. A !.tr-c qunntitv of stolen property; was nninrl iii the -seamen's- • quarters. The. iivc men (Svdnev- Wm. Lane, George Lambert, Albert Henry Lee, .Lawrence Herrick. ■ and -John. Beckett) were r li:ii"cd before Messrs 0...C, Ferrier and F \V Anderson,-v.LP-.'S; with having, on or about April- Bth, on board -the Indrabsirab, stolen seven!'ladies' coats valued at £8 15s;■• eight /.tablecovers,. valued at £l2; one petticoat, - valued at 7s 6d; two clocks, valued at 10s; and one metal rule,, valued at 10s 6d, or the-total-value : -.pf,£22 3s, the-pro-perty of the Tyser Line. . Charles-Cedric M. telling; chief officer, stated that when the .vessel was; in Svdnev on April Bth, he noticed that four'eases amongst the--cargo bad been pillaged. One. casr- v contaiued. laches coats, one "tablecovers, another underwear and the fourth clocks. Some of ! the ronteilts of these cases had been removed. " The five'coats, three tablecover-- the petticoat,'arid-..the twi> clocks (nrndiiced) were a portion of the goods taken from the 'steamer?:t The accused were A.B.'s on : the vessel,- and. while in p-irt thev had access to the holds in which thev" were -working at- the time. Tn replv to a question by Herrick, witness stated that Herrick was m tile hold watching the cargo in No. 3. tween decks. :' «.". -:■ _ In replv to Sergeant .lUan.witness. estimated ' the vnlne.of . £hev\Tmssing .mods at about £25 1 ./ None rf the accused had any.right to remove any guilds from the hold. . , Tn replv to-Herrick witness said that the -pillaged goods were from Nos - and 3 holds, and tfere a portion of the Largo for Sydney. ... , At this stage the case was adjourned until Friday next.