THEFT OF HATS
BERGMANN IN COURT. (By Telegraph — Fiess Association.) AUCKLAND;, Last Night. Htmd E. Bergmann, a wharf worker, was giving evidence in a court £ase a few days ago, when Detective (Powell identified the hat he (Bergonann.) carried in his hand as one of -six dozen which had disappeared •from. Hie steamer Maheno in December last. Bergfmann appeared before .the Court this morning, charged ■•with the theft of 68 felt hats, valued at £23, the property of the Mackay, •Logan, and Caldwell Company. The 3iats were a quality that could not •have been otherwise obtained in Auckland. Bergmann pleaded not guilty, but admitted that he got the four hats in the coal amongst the Maheno's cargo. He was committed for trial, bail being granted in one bond of £IOO, . and two sureties of £SO each.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAG19120209.2.20.2
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10554, 9 February 1912, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
136THEFT OF HATS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10554, 9 February 1912, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Age. 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