THEFT CHARGE
A CONVICTION QUASHED
UNUSUAL FEATURES OF CASE
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WELLINGTON. December 18
A (vuivhiion entered - recently against John Patou Hardy. °n a charge of (sL-.Jing a woman’s cape. was quashed bv the CA'cf Justice (Sir AT. Mvers) on th« ground that the lease
was not proved. The case was of interest because after being charged, Hardy married a woman who previously had made the statement to the police concerning the cape, and as a result the police wove vvjable to • use the statement as evidence against him, ,
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1933, Page 5
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