CHARGES OF THEFT.
' '"- I ——-4“ fPEE ’Press Association.] AUCKLAND, November 6. Arrests . were’ ' effected yesterday of seven men, and a woman on charges of theft and; receiving stolen goods. The arrests were-the result of investigations by tho police following a complaint from the- proprietor of a clothing establishment that goods had been missed from his shop. Early investigations involved, the'employees of a number of retail business establishments. Of the men arrested threo were employed iu a clothing establishment in Symonds Street, one in a similar establishment in _ .Queen' Street, one hi a boot retailer’s in Queen Street, and one in k butchery at Kiugsland. The -woman is the wife, of "one "of the men under arrest. . It is stated by detectives that the charges are the result of the discovery ~of a widespread system of exchange of stolen goods. Tbo accused appeared at tho Police Court this morning, and were remanded Ho appear on Friday.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16267, 6 November 1920, Page 16
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