THEFTS FROM SHIP

Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1929, Page 3

THEFTS FROM SHIP

WORSTEDS AND WHISKY. By Telegraph-’-Per Press ‘Afisociafion.V viii 8 ! yftulig meh^'Predericlt^ Williajin. i S¥kbscfsft‘, t f&ifmhn, iigect 25: John ,Hfs ? , ' ''aged ‘ 2f>-bnd-Albert^Cif^mo. Horace ’ .stewr,‘a i-'d', ■{igeti* 1 ’ pleaded 1, giujtjr h? •• Police Court 0 to h'Aying' stolen,, go'dds 1 frbm'lHie 'NbrthVriiberlqnd when she was at Bluff, twelve months ago. j the theft, of ,a rpl} worsted> sU,ityhg£'v|ilued fit £9§ 12*4 niM ' four- J ’'Or whisky.; valued at £j% ; £i ( v Surgtt Hewitt said that in July, 1928, the Northumberland was at Bluff, and- the articles were stolen.. Shortly afterwards the Bluff police found the articles-in a home at Bluff, and a man (Jackson), who was arrested, implicated the three accused. Jackson gave the men-£l." They saw in a New Plymouth paper an account of the seizure-of goods fit Bluff and they deserted their ship. They frankly ad mitted the'offence. They had been at New Plymouth* for twelve months,, and' must have been behaving tliomsolves, as they had' fiot'eorne under tl|e notice of the police. ’’- The men' Werefirst offenders. i * l * J ' . •

The' Magistrate said-he wfis willing to admit accused to probation for two years, on condition that they prohibited themselves.*' v ' ' ;