CASHIER AND A WOMAN

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1996, 2 March 1914, Page 7

CASHIER AND A WOMAN

. HOW A'BAM WAS ROBBED. "ENCOimAGIKG EMIGRATION." By felczntßb- -I'Mts Association-Copyright J London, Fcbmiry 27. Tfae King's Bench Division cmimicttc'cd tli© case in which iho Cfimme.ttial iixi'ivk of Australia is suing Cora Mifuiett, alias Delia Hawker, raid Herbert Cowell, alias Hertert Hawkey to recover j £2000 which J<obs«n, ili'j essh'.er, wiongi'uHy delivered to defondaitts. The bank's eftuiiscl stated tlwjs the lady's mime was really Minnie lifagtXCti, the bank had been robtied % ] i itobsan, wlio Yumdtid tec- \\otcs t<s ti\o; I lady, Tli-Cs latter admitted ftio facts, j !nit said she ' thought the money was j Boiisou's own, Tlio male {le.feiido.iifc disclaimed any j 1 knoxvkdgsj <s£ tlic- matter. 1 Mr. Wiltimti-son, dktifitor of the bn&, gave evidence that Cora Minne.tt ird-' mittcd that possibly she had received £3000 from I'uibson. ' Slvo expressed astonishment when told that the money hid been stolen. Sho further told him she was taking advai-itaiic of ladies who wore interesting themselves in her commercial plans. She offered tlio bank ,£>"0.I)!)0 ill shares in b.cr company, to to ro-turfietl wiioii Rolison's lndebtcdS ness was liquidated, on eiiftdit'ioii that: j the bank did not prosecttto Rdbssii. . : j Cfoi'U. Jlimictf's cotiii.se? sfa led that Jiis ■; [ client' acted in Syd'ne.y iHitlef" liio iiatne j I of Vane. i i Coffoß g&ve evidence Hint Ire was an ■, j actor, born in New Zealand. Ho met, ] Ooi'o. Mimicit ill M.clboivrive in 1907. and ■! j acted as her secretary, refeiyijig. £" j weelvly. Ho believed tltat Rn'iisoii. was-j well off, and interested with Cora | Minr.ctt in her company' to encourage] Av.slraiiart oinmtatioii. 1 Tho rase was -adjourned.

Walter Rolison Was rpterfly sentenced to eighteen months-' imprisonment in con-, nebtiOn will), his. de£4)ieiitiOHs. Tie w<is for 11:a.u\' years' cashier at Hie li-O.wlwi nlfito tiio Commercial Bank (.if A-tts-, txa-li-n. In De.-embi-r, ia4 bo Wiis clinked (it i-'io j'ciirn Cojif'i with siftaiiiiS til feint holes 'Up bpnk's prepi'vlj'. Counsel. lor the proscc ntum tibew. Moled tJjat afcc-u-sed.'s ■doi'n-l.ca'ti&is tof .died .trJIO. of wliir.it sinn, ..£23) liaii been -fpfcurnft}, ond more wmticl 'bp feMV'evcd. Evidence was Riven iimt. . Rob-on. per; suiutsd Mr. Wailai'e, Hie nmnaeoi' of the ba ; nk, to sign a ehoqim for <£70(1(1 on .the plea <hat ho rcqivirfid it (6 pay tvitTi•irowais by Lionel i!ol>inson, of Clarke and C©., wlio jvaS a iftrjjo eustojuoi'; T?dbson opened several accounts ;<it oilier banks, ami paid large smits to -Cor# At mitett.