TO PROVE THEFT

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19961, 20 November 1934, Page 4

TO PROVE THEFT

AID OF SCIENCE INVOKED By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, November 19. How scientific aid was invoked by the police, who sought to identify a man with a house theft, came out in the Police Court to-day, when Edward Macfarland (25) and Alan Edward Ross (27) were charged with stealing from a house in Mt. Eden, a shavingbrush and a safety razor valued at 5/-. The owner of the house was able to identify Ross as one of the two men he saw leaving the place. The police searched Macfarland’s house and found the razor and brush, which Macfarland asserted he had bought. The police then took the complainant to the Government Analyst, in whose presence the complainant shaved. The analyst then microscopically examined the bristles and soap on the razor, and in evidence to-day said the bristles were consistent with those found on the razor in Macfarland’s house. Evidence was given that Macfarland could not have bought the razor where he said he did. Both men pleaded not guilty and were committed for trial. FARMER MAKES £1,000,000 IN ONE YEAR It sounds too good to be true. It’s not true. But it served to draw your attention to the fact that you’ll save pounds by using Maddren’s binder twine —it doesn’t kink. Stocked by your local merchant. Maddren Bros., Ltd., 146-150 Madras St., Christchurch.