EXTRADITED.

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EXTRADITED.

CREDITORS PROTEST. [THE PRESS Spocial Sorrice.j AUCKLAND, January 20. An application for an order for extradition to Australia was opposed in the Police Court by the creditors of Stanley Richard Reynolds, aged 37, on tho ground that they wished to take proceedings against him under tho Bankruptcy Act. Reynolds was charged with unlawfully deserting his wife at Sydney, and Constable Cresar, of the New South Wales Police Force, applied for an extradition order. Mr Vialoux, on behalf of a creditor of accused, asked.that the order should not be made. Tho Magistrate (Mr F. K. Hunt): I do not seo what I can do. I have got to send him back. Mr Vialoux said that accused, under tho name of Williamson, entered into partnership with another man and formed a box luncheon company. The creditors of the company became dissatisfied and held a meeting, at which accused was cross-examined. A resolution was passed asking accused to file a petition in bankruptcy, but he refused. No good purpose would be served by sending accused to Australia. His wife could have the maintenance order made in Australia and arrange for it to be effective, in New Zealand. r . . Senior-Detective 'Hammond said -no would be quite prepared to consent to a remand for a week if the creditors would agrco to pay tho expenses of the escort while he remained in New Zealand. , ■ , The Magistrate said ho would make tho extradition order; then, if the creditors wished, they could arrange with the police for accused to remain in New Zealand for a time. Counsel for accused asked for extension of bail. Tho Magistrate: The constable has got him now. Whether he will lock him up or whether he will walk about with him I do not know. An order for extradition to Australia was also made in the case of Howan Ross Riley, aged 21. on a charge of stealing £133, the property .of the Electrolux Company, Ltd., at Sydney between September 23rd and October sth, 1926. ' .