STOLEN MONEY.
[To the Editor of the Daily Telegraph.] Mb,—l would like to call public attention to the law concerning stolen money as construed by the authorities here. A man paid me in course of business a halfcrown marked with certaiD letters, and this coin was subsequently identified by one who alleged it had been stolen from him. The thief was convicted, but the coin, which I had lent for the purpose of assisting the prosecution, was given by the police to the prosecutor. The police say this was done by order of the magistrate. Now it is not worth while paying a lawyer to fight for balf-a-crown, but if any of the legal frateraity are inclined to do so on their own hook 1 say they may have it if they can get it. Surely if this is law it is not justice.—l am, &c, Louis Binnie. September 27, 1881. ♦
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3197, 27 September 1881, Page 2
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