ALLEGED CONSPIRACY
INSURANCE CLAIMED.
(Per United Press Association.)
Auckland, October 11
Two brothers, Cecil William Mitchell, aged 21, and Arthur Moir Mitchell, also aged 21, one a stableman and the other a farm hand, were charged at the Police Court with fraud and conspiring in attempting to obtain from the Insurance Office of Australia £lBO by falsely representing that four bags and their contents covered by a policy were lost. The bags, according to Detective Hammond, were insured at Christchurch. The two accused left Christchurch about September 30. One came to Auckland and took delivery of the luggage. The other came north later and claimed the insurance, saying the bags had been lost. The bags were found by the police at Taupiri, where another brother lived. Both intended leaving for Sydney. Accused were remanded till next Friday and allowed bail each in £lOO and another of a similar amount.
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Southland Times, Issue 20903, 12 October 1929, Page 7
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149ALLEGED CONSPIRACY Southland Times, Issue 20903, 12 October 1929, Page 7
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