ALLEGED THEFT
EX-INDIAN OFFIOER AT WlORK.
[Press Association.]
AUCKLAND, Sept, 27. Patrick Shields, an ex-Indian Arimy officer, was charged at the Polieo Court with the theft of a typewriter valuecl at £17 from a. guest at an hotel, The manager of a typewriting ag'ency gave evidence that on August 3.1st the accused offered to soll fiim a typewriter for £8, The witness recognis,ed it as a machirie reported through the police as missing. He made an excuse and asked the accused to call later, The accnsed sta.ted to the police that he bought the machine from a man named Clarkson for £18, but the man could not be located. The accused pleaded not gujlty and was eommitted for trial. Bai'l was. allowed at £100.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LX, Issue 228, 27 September 1926, Page 2
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124ALLEGED THEFT Marlborough Express, Volume LX, Issue 228, 27 September 1926, Page 2
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