MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
(Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) ' THE PARTNERS. ' . ' IN A FISH SHOP BUSINESS. •In the Magistrate's Court yesterday, Arthur Ford was proceeded against on the •information of Florence Ford on a chargo of having stolen £22 10s. from the informant. , Florence Ford stated in evidence that on Friday, November 22, she had given defendant the money to pay away as part of the purchase money for a fish and chips business which they were acquiring. On Saturday morning she had seen defendant in a tramcar in which she was travelling. She had approached him, and ho had jumped off the car.. She had chased him, caught him, and taken him to the police station. . Other evidence was to the effect that, between the Friday and the . Saturday, .Ford had shaved,his moustache off, had deposited his luggage at the railway.sta : tion, and had taken out a train ticket for Palmerston North. , ■ His Worship said that, though the case was suspicious, he did not think a jury would convict Ford on the charge. He discharged the defendant. SHIP DESERTION. • ' . • -Frank Richard Sands was sentenced to one month's imprisonment on a charge of his having deserted from the steamer Tongariro. ' •
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1609, 28 November 1912, Page 9
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199MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1609, 28 November 1912, Page 9
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