“OFFENCE REALLY LOOTING"
tWO WELLINGTON SEAMEN FINED.
SOODS STOLEN AFTER A FIRE.
By Telegraph.—Presa Association.
Wellington, July 24. Leslie Harper, seaman and labourer, and William Henry Morgan, seaman, were fined to-day for the theft of champagne, tobacco and other goods while Harper was engaged in cleaning up after a fire.
The probation officer did not recommend probation, saying the offence was really looting. Harper was fined £lO, or one month, and was ordered to repay the value of the wine, £3. Morgan was fined £5, or 14 days.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1931, Page 7
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