THEFT OF A COFFIN.
SEVEN DAYS.' IMPEISONMENT. (By Oable—Press AssocdaUon-"Copyriglit.) •(Australian N,z - Cable Aasocdatioa.) ■ a s\£%e;VA ■ A man was sentenced to-day to. seven days' imprisonment for stealing a coffin. When arrested he was drunk and Btageering along a street with the coffin on his shoulder. He declared that he purchased and slept in the coffin the previous night, and was then taking it to the river to use as a boat.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17124, 20 April 1921, Page 7
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71THEFT OF A COFFIN. Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17124, 20 April 1921, Page 7
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