Dishonest trader
On 3 March 1911, bicycle dealer George Washington Davis was tried at the Melbourne Supreme Court for knowingly receiving stolen property, namely five stolen bicycles. Davis denied the charge, but was found guilty and sentenced to three years hard labour. In passing sentence the Judge declared the offence was very grave, and most unfair to the honest trader. He also said the accused had made his case worse by committing perjury to defend himself.
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