THEFT OF BOOTS.
.STEAMER PILFERING. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. At the Magistrate's Court to-dav, before Mr. W. Or. Riddell, S.M., Pcrcival Monk, James Hart and William Welch, all employed on the Corinthie. were each charged with the theft of 14 pairs of boots during the voyage. At various times after the vessel left Capetown, Monk and Welch sold boots to members of the crew. The -former told a detective that lie got them from a steward, who deserted at Capetown. Welch said that the loots found in his possession were given him 'by a passenger who left at Capetown, and Hart's evidence was practically the same. The Magistrate said that' lie did not believe the explanations and convicted the accused. Each was ordered to forfeit £2 Bfi from wages coming due. Hart and Monk were sentenced to one-month's imprisonment each, and Welch (who signed off the articles at Wellington) was sentenced to three mouths' imprisonment.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19120925.2.46
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 110, 25 September 1912, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
157THEFT OF BOOTS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 110, 25 September 1912, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in