THEFT OF U.S. GOODS
The theft of ten torches valued at £2*los, the property of the Ministry of Supply, of mess gear valued at £37, and of goods valued at £39, the property of the United States Government, was admitted in v the Magistrate's Court yesterday by Henry John Home, 64, carpenter, and he was convicted, by Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within twelve months. Detective-Sergeant W. McLennan said that Home was employed on defence works. He took the 'torches from the railway sheds at Thorndon, and said that somebody else had broken open the case containing them. His room was searched and the property mentioned in the other charges was found. It belonged to the United States Government, and the accused had no right to it. He had previously been employed in military camps and had got the property there. The goods which the accused had acquired through his "magpie proclivities," said Mr. C. J. O'Regan, were quite useless to him. Men on defence works were subject to a good deal of temptation. Troops offered them things which they would not take of their own accord.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 57, 4 September 1943, Page 5
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197THEFT OF U.S. GOODS Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 57, 4 September 1943, Page 5
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