DEALERS BUY NEW SHOES
SHOPKEEPERS’ GRIEVANCES “RECEIVERS OF STOLEN GOODS.’! WOMAN IMPRISONED FOR THEFT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Sept. 5. After a woman had been sentenced to thro months’ imprisonment to-day foi stealing shoes, the shopkeeper asked the magistrate that no order be made for payment to the pawnbroker at whose place the stolen goods were found. He alleged that pawnbrokers who. bought new shoes were practically receivers of stolen property. ‘ The chief detective protested and stated that the shopkeeper hung his wares right out in front. The magistrate, Mr. Hunt, said: “You should chain up your boots. The shopkeeper replied tha the had even wired the boots together on a pole, and boots, pole and all had been stolen. ’ The magistrate declined the application, but later remarked: There, is something in what he says, these dealers should not buy new shoes.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1930, Page 6
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