THEFT OF BANGLES.
SHIP’S QUARTERMASTER INVOLVED. (Pir Press Association.) DUXEDJN. May 4. Fulford Benjamin Underhill, quartermaster on the steamer Westmeath, was committed for sentence for the theft of twenty-six dozen bangles, the property of Sladen and Son, Christchurch, valued at £65. The good* were bought in Birmingham and .shipped on the Westmeath. The ac:vised. in a written statement, stated that while the ship was at- Lyttelton he went into the hold and took the goods, and sold them in Dunedin to Harold Halligau, a commercial traveller, for £22. To the Magistrate, the witness Halligau stated that he took the bangles to the detectives as soon as he heard that they were stolen. The Magistrate remarked that his conduct was more than strange. The Supreme Court would probably have something to say regarding the transaction. • The facts showed extreme carelessness on the part of the purchaser.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17032, 4 May 1923, Page 8
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