STOLEN PROPERTY
RECEIVERS SENTENCED. [ Per Preus Association. ] AUCKLANID, Nov. 5. Two prisoners, found guilty of receiving stolen property, were sentenced by Mr. Justice Fair to-day. Sydney Gordon Ross, for receiving jewellery, valued at £6OO, stolen from the home of Mrs. Sweetapple, racehorse owner, was sentenced to 20 months’ hard labour. Norman Harold McCormick, for receiving stolen boots, valued at £ll, received 12 months’ hard labour. The Judge said that prisoner had associated with criminals, in whose house detonators and fuse were foundThat showed that they were prepared to use desperate methods to achieve their ends.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 263, 6 November 1934, Page 6
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95STOLEN PROPERTY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 263, 6 November 1934, Page 6
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