WHARF PILFERING CASES
A PECULIAR PLEA. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Yesterday. The case for the prosecution in "the wharf pilfering cases having closed in the Supreme Court, counsel for Ehrnian stated that he eould not call aiiy evidence for the defence of his client. Mr. Reid, counsel for Hodden, called witnesses., who deposed that his client had lived an honest life for a considerable time, and suggested he was designedly and deliberately kept in a state of intoxication so that he could be made a scapegoat and bear the brunt of the offence if detection followed. Auckland, Last Night. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners, with n recommendation that .leniency be shown to Hodden on account of his previous good character. The prisoners were remanded for sentence.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 58, 30 August 1911, Page 5
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131WHARF PILFERING CASES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 58, 30 August 1911, Page 5
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