Finey Acquitted on Burglary Charge
PRESENT To_ HIS WIFE “STUPID- SENSE OF HONOUR” The report that the well-known cartoonist, George Finey, had appeared in a Sydney Police Court, along with a man named John Keith Dening, on a charge of burglary, is now followed by I:he welcome news that the case against Finey has been dismissed. His explanation of how his wife came to be wearing a fur coat, which happened to be part of the £1.237 worth of stock taken from a Pitt Street furrier’s, was accepted by the magistrate. Finey made his wife a present of the coat as “a nice little surprise,” on the anniversary of their wedding. Unfortunately he refused to tell the detective who subsequently questioned him about the coat where he had got it. “Yes, I bought the coat,” he said, “but a stupid sense of honour forbids me telling you from whom I got it.” It was this refusal that caused suspicion to fall on him and finally led to his arrest and appearance; in court. The other man, Dening, reserved his defence and was committed for trial at the Sydney Quarter Sessions.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 73, 17 June 1927, Page 12
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190Finey Acquitted on Burglary Charge Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 73, 17 June 1927, Page 12
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