STOLEN GOODS
FIREMEN SENTENCED TO GAOL. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, January 26. Nine firemen from the Tairoa were charged jointly with having received a bale of dress material and a box of soap of a total value of £5O, knowing the goods to have been dishonestly obtained. They pleaded guilty. A charge of breaking and entering a shed and stealing goods valued at £127 was withdrawn. When the shed was opened it was found that the goods were missing and a search of the vessel's forecastle revealed the goods mentioned. It was explained that the men constituted a complete watch on the vessel and the master was concerned as to his position if he were deprived of their services, remarking that the act evidently contemplated some such position. In the interests of the Dominion it was not desirable that the men should remain imprisoned here, said the Magistrate. He realised that it might not be adequate punishment—he did not think it was, but he proposed to formally sentence the men to a month’s imprisonment and they had to be placed on board the ship before she leaves Wellington. He thought that preferable to having the men landed here. The Tairoa goes to Napier and then Home.
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Southland Times, Issue 20396, 27 January 1928, Page 7
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207STOLEN GOODS Southland Times, Issue 20396, 27 January 1928, Page 7
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