The Young Lad y and the Furniture.
A DISAPPOINTMENT.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION) Auckland, Saturday. In the Police Court to-day, Vivian Shipton,a prepossessing and stylishlydressed young woman, on remand from Gisborne, appeared m answer to a charge of stealing and taking and carrying away one drawing-room suite, one walnut table, one Brussels carpet, one tester iron bedstead, and one chest of drawers, of the total value of £45, being the. goods and chattels ot Alfred Whitaker. Wheu theoaße was called on Mr Cotter, solicitor, to the intense dissapointment of the crowd who bad assembled m the, hope of hearing the interesting . details, rose and stated that m this case ho appeared for the prosecutor, and had much pleasnre m informing the Bench that the matter had been satisfactorily arranged, and his client did not wish to proceed further against the accused. The whole circumstance had been commuui-. cated to Inspector Thompson, with the result that the police were perfectly satisfied. Sergt. Pratt said he had been instructed not to raise any objection, as the accused had returned all the property which was said to have been stolen. The case was accordingly dismissed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1664, 22 March 1886, Page 2
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191The Young Lady and the Furniture. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1664, 22 March 1886, Page 2
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