ROBBERY CHARGE

Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1932, Page 6

ROBBERY CHARGE

DAYLIGHT lIOLD-UP. TWO MEN CHARGED. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association AUCKLAND, Jun 6 13. Arrested a few hours after a sensational hold-up in the city about midday on May 25th, Francis John Peekham, 36, a ships’ fireman and William Iveough 29, a seaman, were charged at the police court with robbing Richard T. Dias of £lO6 ‘and using personal violence.

Dus, an accountant, said for 15 years it harl been lllis custom to •sh the wages cheques on Fridays * said accused i eie two of three men ~ saw on the street when he was going tc the bank. At the bank" he recei; • t LI Vi. inilujUir 124 pound aot-is, whml he placed -in fen inside pocket, twenty lh« notes which he put in h s tious, pocket and £l2 in silver in an outside pocket. When returning lie saw three' men near a shop. Peckhani hit him under tlhe ear, and knocked him down. His head was held do\vn on the footpath and h e felt hands going through his pockets. On getting up saw Iveough standing on the running board of a small car. He did not see Peckhani tue-.i, but identified him next morning in an identification parade. Cross examined, he said lie attendee! three identification parades and in the first on e recognised nobody. "Witness asked leave to make a statement. He ther said that last Thursday and Friday he received two telephone' messages from persons who said if he did not deal lightly with the accused in Court they would make it licit "for him.