THE LAW’S LONG ARM

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 181, 2 May 1925, Page 6

THE LAW’S LONG ARM

SUSPECT? BROUGHT BACK FROM SYDNEY t By Telegraph-—Press Association. Palmerston North, May 1. Allegations that he had been asked to go to the Esplanade to assist at a horse sale, that he had there been invited to participate in a game of cards, and that he finally had been robbed, were made by Stanley Gibson, one-time farmer at Taumarunui, and now of Christchurch, at the Police Court, this .morning, when Den Holm Gillespie, alias John Harns, a well-dressed young man, was charged with the theft of £73. Accused, it is alleged, is one of a party of three who worked together. Following the occurrence, smart work by Sergeant Power, saw the arrest of Robert' Howden, who it is alleged was the man who took Gibson to the Esplanade, but the other two men stated to be implicated left town. _ However, in Sydney recently, Gillespie was arrested for drunkenness, and it was then found that he was wanted by the New Zealand police in connection with the charge laid by Gffison. Accused was deported from Australia, and was arrested in Wellington otK.Tuesday. Howden was charged at the Magistrate’s Court on March 12, pleading-not guilty, and . was committed for trial. At the conclusion of the evidence this morning, Gillespie pleaded not guilty, and was committed to 'the Supreme Court for trial.