STEWARD FINED £2OO
SMUGGLED OPIUM ASHORE “ACTING ON COMMISSION” Press Association. WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Harry Thomas Downes, aged 38, a steward on the s.s. Marama, was fined £2OO, in default six months’ 1 imprisonment, at the Police Court to-day, on a charge of importing prepared opium. Cecil Wallingford Brown, aged 49, a taxi-driver, was fined £25, in default one month’s imprisonment, for being found in possession of prepared opium. Twelve tins, valued at £240, were seized by the Customs officials when they searched Downes and Brown as they were leaving the ship. Downes pleaded guilty and Brown not guilty. Eight tins were found in Brown’s possession and four in Downes's. Tlie Collector of Customs said they had suspected Downes for some time. Brown had met him previously, and they were together for a long time, the taxi being left generally outside the wharf gates. Through counsel, Downes stated he was only an agent on commission delivering to a man in Wellington from a man in Sydney.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 422, 2 August 1928, Page 13
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165STEWARD FINED £200 Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 422, 2 August 1928, Page 13
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