CHARGE OF BURGLARY.
CARTOONIST ACQUITTED. The report that the well-known cartoonist, George Finey, had appeared in a Sydney Police Court along with John Keith Dening, on a charge of burglary, is now followed by the welcome news that the case against Finey has been dismissed. Ilis explanation ; nf how his wife came to be wearing a fur coat, which happened to be part of the £1237 worth of stock taken from a Pitt Street furrier’s, was accepted by the Magistrate. Finey made his wife a present of the coat as “a nice little surprise," on the anniversary of their wedding. Unfortunately he refused to tell the detective who subsequently questioned him about the coat where lie had got it. “Yes, I bought the coat,” he said, “but a stupid sense of honour forbids me telling you from whom I got it.” It was this refusal that caused suspicion to fall on him and finally led to his arrest and appearance in court. Tho other man, Dening, reserved his defence and was committed for trial at the Sydney Ouaxtcr Sessions.
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Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17133, 21 June 1927, Page 2
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