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Levin Daily Chronicle, 2 April 1918, Page 1

The Wairarapa "Ago" says: The ease in which the young woman Brcnda Stuart Cross, whoso parents reside in Masterton, was arrested and charged with conspiring to defraud a resident of Sydney of large sums of money is one that calls for further investigation. This young woman, it will he remembered, was concerned in a case in which her father obtained damages some months ago for seduction. After a lapse of two years a charge of alleged conspiracy in another matter is brought against her. The Magistrate at Wellington refused to grant an extradition order on the evidence before him, and she was "discharged absolutely." The Magistrate said it had not been made out to his satisfaction that the prosecution was initiated in good faith. If, as Sir John Findlay suggests, there is something sinister behind the delayed proceedings, it is due to the girl, to her parents, and to the general public that the matter should be further investigated. The Department of Justice will be failing in its duty if it does not place itself in communication with tho New South Wales Department of Justice upon the subject.