CHARGE DISMISSED
CONVERSION OF MOTOR TRUCK ALLEGED. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, June 18. A charge against a young man of converting to his own use a motor truck valued at £l7O was dismissed in the Police Court and the name suppressed. The owner of the truck confessed that the truck had not been stolen at all, but he told the police that story in order to avoid responsibility when the truck collided with a safety zone. He and some others who were on the truck ran away to avoid trouble, but accused remained and was arrested.
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Southland Times, Issue 20516, 19 June 1928, Page 6
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97CHARGE DISMISSED Southland Times, Issue 20516, 19 June 1928, Page 6
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