EMBEZZLEMENT ALLEGED.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18372, 4 May 1925, Page 5

EMBEZZLEMENT ALLEGED.

accountant charged. ( Charles Henry Akins, an accountant,, aged 52 years, residing, at Tay street, luvevcargill (Mr It. A. Cuthbert), was charged before Mr H. Y. 8.M., at the Magistrate's Court on Saturday with liaring embezzled £37 alleged to have boenreceiTCdbyhhxi on account of the Stony Creek Sawmilling Proprietary Company ■ on December 18th, at Stawell, Victoria, AubCoiinsel for the accused said that Akins had been manager of a sawmill in Melbourne. However, the company had gone into voluntary /liquidation; and the accused, had cpme over w New. Zealand. lie had juHfc commenced, business in lnvercargulaa a walmerchant on his own account. The other day, he heard, by cable, from ilia vnle- 111 Australia that the present charge had been instituted against him, and no had immediately taken steps to return to the Commonwealth aim face the music. He was on his way back to Australia when he was arrested, and counsel believed that the cable irom accuseds wife had been found on liim Vhen he was arrested, - tlius bearing out Akins s statement that he had heard and was returning to Australia. Counsel asked that Akins be. released on bail, ?r tailing that, remanded to appear in Victoria, Australia. . "I cannot do that," Baid his " orCutlibcrt again referred to the fact that Akins had just started businebs in InvercargUl. He said was a man of means; ho had a substantial credit balance in Invercargill, and hfe owned property in Victoria. Ho could get substantial bondsmen here, and unde£ thoso circumstances he askC< *"l"inußt oppose the application for bail," said Chief-Detective 1. Gibson, who prosecuted. "There is nothing in our cablegram to say whether or not there are other charges against httn. The warrant for his arrest on April 24th in Australia. I ask that, if baU is allowed, it be made fairly subpart' has always to .be pad® substantial in cases of this kind, said th Akbs i *M t remanded to appear in Ohristchurch on May 9th. Bail was allowed, self in £3OO tod two sureties of £l5O each.