Stealing sailors
On 10 November 1909, Albert Dillimore, Henry White and Charles Brown were tried at the Brisbane Supreme Court for stealing. The property in question was 18 rolls of cashmere and a quantity of stationery that had been shipped from London onboard the S.S. Rippingham Grange, on which the three men worked. White, in whose possession three rolls of fabric had been located, plead guilty to the lesser charge of receiving stolen property. He testified against the other men, both of whom plead not guilty. After a half hour retirement the jury found Brown and Dillimore were also guilty of receiving. However, the judge then directed them to further consider their verdict in relation to Brown, as the only testimony against him was that of White, and the law maintained that an individual could not be convicted on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. Ten minutes later they returned a not guilty verdict against Brown. Dillimore was sentenced to twelve months hard labour.
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