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GOODS GIVEN HIM BY STRANGER NO EFFECT ON BENCH According to William James Smith, he is another victim of that mysterious man who roams Auckland with stolen goods which he gives to unsuspecting passersby to sell for him. Smith, a middle-aged man, pleaded not guilty at the Police Court this morning to stealing a coat valued at £S Ss from Ernest Roy Hood and a suitcase valued at 35s from Charles Wise. He admitted attempting to 6<;!1 the articles to a dealer quarter of an hour after they had been stolen, but claimed that they had been given him to sell by a man whose name he could not recollect. “That story is no good, you know," commented Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M. “What is his record?” Chief-Detective Hammond: Napier, obscene language; Whangarei, theft; Auckland, theft —seven days. Mr. Hunt: And now Auckland, theft —six months.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 646, 24 April 1929, Page 1
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150THE OLD, OLD STORY Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 646, 24 April 1929, Page 1
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