YOUTHS ADMIT THEFT
jewellery and trinkets robbery; in liner (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Frank William Chalmers, aged i 7, a lift boy, and Victor Jack Bonny, aged 19, a steward's assistant, members of the crew of the liner Strathallan, were charged in the Police Court to-dav before the magistrate, Mr. W. F. Stilwell, with the theft of jewellery and trinkets valued at about £4B. Both pleaded guilty. The police said that on arrival o> the ship at Auckland, the store, which contained the jewellery and other articles, was sealed by the Customs officials and appeared to be quite in order. It was subsequently discovered that the seal was broken and the goods had been stolen. On the Strathallan's arrival at Wellington, detectives investigated and later interviewed the accused, who made a statement admitting the offences. Th«' police had no desire that the accused should be kept in New Zealand, it was understood that the Kent would be sailing on March 23 and the police suggested a remand for sentence lil) March 22. This was granted.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19886, 14 March 1939, Page 6
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