ALLEGED THEFT OF SACKS
CHARGE AT CHRISTCHURCH. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. Charged with the theft of 1000 sacks valued at £3l, Samuel Crawford Rodgers, a middle-aged man, appeared before Mr. Lawry, S.M., to-day. He pleaded not guilty and elected to go before a jury for trial. Evidence was called in support of the charge that many complaints had been received of sacks missing, that the accused had sold sacks on several occasions, and that a large number of sacks had been found on his premises. There was also the evidence of a neighbour that Rodgers had been seen abroad very early in the morning. He was committed for trial.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 April 1927, Page 9
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