“STARTLING EASE”
DISPOSAL OF STOLEN GOODS. SENTENCE UPON TOBACCONIST. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Feb. 19. Sentence of reformative detention for a period not exceeding two years was passed on Edwin Joseph Fearoii, a tobacconist, who had been convicted on five charges of receiving stolen tobacco and cigarettes. The Judge said that the disclosure Of the startling ease with which stolen good could be disposed of was alarming and the fact that the thieves had found it sb easy to get into touch with Fearon was surprising. Others engaged in the hefarious trade must have given the information that it was safe to approach Fearon.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1935, Page 11
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104“STARTLING EASE” Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1935, Page 11
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