AUCKLAND WHARF THEFTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 149, 16 August 1911, Page 6

AUCKLAND WHARF THEFTS.

(Per Press Association.}

, .Auckland, August 16. The charge ol' thefts from wharf sheds is occupying the Police Com t, enumeration of the goods alleged to have been stolen by accused persons making quite a formidable list. The fii st,-ifascyi t;tlfen'; was against Joseph Khi man and Alfred R. Hadden, charged with having stolen goods valued at ,£26, the propyi'jfy of Hallenstein Bros. ~ ’ Detective,. ALarsack said . the - case was one of a number against Elirman, in some cases ,in conjunction with others, and in some cases by himself. On June 27th Hallenstein Bros., of Dunedin, iforwarded a case of goods to their agents in Auckland. T'.ie case was discharged into the Harbour Board shod on July 3rd. Hadden suggested to several persons that they should remove this case. A carter named Nicholson removed it on Hadden’s instructions to the railway platform, where Hadden was joined by Khrman. The marks on the case were altered by Hadden or Khrman by smearing the original mark and substituting “J. K.” over “IT.” The case was sent to Stratford, whence it was traced in Khrman’s possession. It had been opened and the goods placed on sale. The greater part of the goods had been recovered and identified.