RAILWAYMEN IN COURT.
THEFT OF WHISKY. Per Press Association. Dunedin, November 10. George Alexander Black (railway engine-driver) and William W. Kirkwood (fireman) wore charged at the Police Court with the theft at Stirling of four bottles of whisky, the property of the Government. The case for the prosecution was that a case of whisky was consigned to Kaitangata, and, while it was left iu the railway shed at Stirling, four bottles were extracted. It was alleged (hat when the train reached Milton Inv-.u lull bottles, and a fourth, containing a small quantity of liquid, were thrown into the furnace of the engine, and that the accused were under the influence of liquor. The accused pleaded guilty. It was stated that Black had neon over 18 years in the service, and Kirkwood about nine years. Both the accused were remanded so that their solicitors might produce evidence as to character.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 276, 19 November 1914, Page 7
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149RAILWAYMEN IN COURT. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 276, 19 November 1914, Page 7
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