THIEVES ON THE WHARVES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 59, 31 August 1911, Page 5

THIEVES ON THE WHARVES

A CONFESSION PROMISED. /' By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Yesterday. i In the wharf pilfering eases before the Supreme Court, Joseph Ehnnan pleaded guilty to ten separate charges of theft from the wharves, involving . about £SOO worth of goods, the property ' of nine merchants; also guilty to charges of fake pretences and escaping from custody, as well as three other charges, in conjunction with Arthur Glover and John Mclntyre, the two latter pleading not guilty. Counsel for Ehrman promised a candid and full ! statement of the whole position later. , Sentence was deferred. i GLOVER'S CASE. Auckland, Last Night The wharf pillaging case 9 were continued to-day, when Arthur Glover pleaded not guilty to charges of having stolen three cases of drapery, the property of Milne and Ohoyce, and with having forged a telegram purporting to be an authority or request for delivery of the goods, and of having sent a false telegram purporting to be signed by "A. Tanfield." The jury, after deliberating for several hours, returned with a verdict of guilty on the counts, charging the prisoner with having forged the telegram and having sent a false telegram, and not guilty on the counts charging theft and receiving. The jury also found that since the date of the sending of the telegram Uw -prisoner had acted in collusion witM Ehnnan. SentencMwas deferred.