PRISONER REMANDED
MARRIAGE IN MEANTIME Dominion Special Service. Auckland, February 9. There was a dramatic ending in the Supreme Court to-day to the case in which Stanley Uren Thomas, formerly a canvasser on behalf of a scheme for the establishment of a new city hotel, was charged with the theft of various amounts, totalling £7l 10s. The accused’s original plea was “not guilty,' 1 but towards the end of the trial his counsel (Mr. B. Hart) altered it to “guilty.” Thomas was remanded for sentence until Saturday. Counsel then made application for his client to be admitted to bail in order that he might be married. Mr. Justice Reed said he could not allow bail. The prisoner was to be sentenced on Saturday. His Honour asked the Crown Prosecutor what facilities could be granted by the prison authorities for the marriage to take place. After a conversation with counsel His Honour intimated that he was prepared to allow Thomas to come to town under escort of a warder and a plainclothes officer between to-day and Saturday. Addressing the chief gaoler His Honour said: “If you require any further authority you may apply to me.”
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 113, 10 February 1928, Page 8
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194PRISONER REMANDED Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 113, 10 February 1928, Page 8
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