THE SLATTERY TRIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1388, 24 February 1905, Page 3

THE SLATTERY TRIAL.

i • ' ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT j t - OP £6127. By Telegraph—Press ‘^ooiatlon—Oopyrlgh fe," Beoeivod 10 IS p.ne., Fob 23. jp • J Fob 23. i '*•-!**• Slattery was bhcrged with fraudu i * . lantly converting to hie own use £6127, • . the property of Mrs Scanlon. * : ' V .Complainant, who inherited a largo : share of James Tyson’s property, gave ovidonco that Slattery acted under power of attornoy in oolleoting rents which ho had v to pay into the bank. Altogether £122,000 of her property passod through bis hands. Thoogh frequently asked to do so Slattery failed to render proper acoounte. Ho 5 wrote her several letters to England, : wherein he informed her that he was unV. “* sla to meet his engagements, and asking her to moot him in Adelaide and do noth- I ‘ la S nntil she received a personal oxplan- | atioD, which wonld show that he had done | \ Jw best; that he would not wilfully rob ’ her of a farthing; that he had been a victim ‘ of circumstances and gone through tor- I I tuous purgatory; that if she proceeded Jj against him there would be nothing but I gaol and ruin ahead ; if she would be ”, leoient and stop tha prosecution be would ' settle everything satisfactorily, and it would I probably save him ruin and destination. -■»_ The hearing was adjourned.