STOLEN HARESKINS.
OFFERED TO THEIR OWNERS. MAN ADMITS "RECEIVING." (Jay Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) DUNEDIN, Saturday. William Michael Whitty, of the steamer Dorset, admitted in the Police Court to-day that he had received from some person unknown 111b of hnwilHii. valued at £4 4/4, tAr property of the New Zealand Company, well knowing they had been stolen. Chief Detective Cameron said a number of bales of skins were being loaded into the Dorset. It was discovered that one bale had been cut open and was 141b short in weight. By a strange chance, accused took 111b of these skins to the people who had shipped them. He did not get any money, but left the skins there, and was to call back. Detectives were summoned ,and while accused denied stealing the skins, he admitted he had got them from some person knowing they j were stolen. J The case was adjourned until Wodno"| I i day. An application for tha suppw**"*! I of accused's name waa rafuaed. 1
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 238, 8 October 1928, Page 7
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166STOLEN HARESKINS. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 238, 8 October 1928, Page 7
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