A Chauffeur in Trouble At the Mixed Court on Thursday before Messrs. Tenney and Yur Waung Ah-woo, a chauffeur, was charged with the theft of a quantity of gasolene, the property of Mr. Reed.
Det. Sgt. Yorke gave evidence of arrest, and Mr. Mitchell of the Central Garage stated that the accused was a chauffeur to Mr. Reed who had often complained that his car would only go nine miles on one gallon of gasolene. Mr. Mitchell had tested the car himself and had found that it would go 13 miles per gallon. The day previous witness had given Mr. Reed another car and had filled the tank with gasolene. Coming back from tiffin earlier than usual, he saw that accused had a bucket placed under the tank of the car and thinking this to be suspicious he had looked and found the bucket to be full of gasolene. Accused told him that Mr. Reed wanted his own car and that he was taking out the gasolene and putting it into the other one. Witness wrote to Mr. Reed about the matter and accused had come twice to his office and begged to be let go, even giving the name of the man to whom he had sold.the gasolene.
r. Reed said that the accused had been 12 months in his eniploy!000,000.
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