COURT NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1931, Page 6

COURT NEWS.

. UNUSUAL. CASE. (By Telegraph—Per Pres■i Aesneiatinn ) CHRISTCHURCH, September 3. An extraordinary story was 1 -to cl - Magistrate Mosley to-day, when a youth was charged with theft of monies belonging to nh insurance, firm by whom he was employed and sports C cf which he is. secretary The police said the youth had come ito the. station and made a voluntary statement confession thefts but the other parties had denied that any money was missing, and no conilaints, had been 'received. The youth wns decent but evidently there was a weakness. The case was adjourned to enable the Magistrate to interview the youth; : ’ CAR CONVERSION. ' v-‘ 'WELLINGTON, September 2. A total of six months’ imprisonment, was j.mposed on William Herbert Webster, 22, labourer, by Mr Page, S. M., for the conversion of a molin’ car to his own use at Hamilton, and the theft of £4. It was stated that he had thwe previous convictions for theft and another for, obtaining credit by fraud. Harold Leonard Dick and Kr'c George Pocock, 20 and 24 respectively, convicted yesterday with Webster -on the charge of conversion, were further remanded to enable the Probation Officer to get reports from Auckland. Pocock was remanded on a further charge of receiving £1 10s in money from Webster, knowing it had been dishonestly obtained/" , THEFT .CHARGES. \ ' I I: I'« ‘fit -/ • CHRISTCHURCH, Sept ember 1. In the charge against Ernest Cooper Smith, the accused pleaded rot guilty, and was committed for trial on bail of £SOO with one surety of £SOO. A clerfy, \yhose name, was.suppressed,was charged with stealing £5, the property of ' the Postmaster-General, He was remanded on bail of £ll and one surety of £IOO. James: Thomas , Toomey, -a clerk in the Post Office, aged , 45, was charged with the theft of £34,. the. property of the Postmaster-General. , Detective Sergeant Young said-. accused had been employed as teller in the collection of accounts, and £4OO had not been - accounted for. Toomey was remanded Nil 'September 17th on bail of £2OO and one surety of £2OO. £ /, J