THEFT OF A PIPE
YOUNG MAORI'S ACT The theft of a pipe (valued at 255) from the Edgecumbe goods-shed "was admitted by a , young Maori Kohai Epiraina } who appeared before Messrs C. H. Christensen and J. King. J.P.s in the Whakatane Court last week. Sergeant Farrell sa'id that the defendant saw the iVe in the shed and helped himself to it. The matter was reported to the police who had had many complaints regarding the disappearance of goods from the railway station, and sheds. He urged that an example be made, lor although the present cases did not imply the. loss of Government property the petty thieving which had been going on had to be stamped out. Defendant was sentenced to one month's imprisonment.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 38, 9 January 1945, Page 5
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124THEFT OF A PIPE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 38, 9 January 1945, Page 5
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