Arrest of Mr Leonard Harper.

Manawatu Herald, 18 May 1895, Page 2

Arrest of Mr Leonard Harper.

+ Gable advices received in Welling* ton announcing the arrest of Mr tieonard Harrier; late chief partiiSr in the firth of Harper, Harper aha Maude; of GUrjsteHurob) ttf Alfe |itt« stance of the New Zealand Ggv^rnment upon a warrant from Scotland Yard. He will be detained 'tinder the Fugitive Offenders Act, , and cha rged at Bow street ■ with' larceny of money of a cliettt. One of the most experienced and capable officers of the polled iorce will be despatched, to London to bring the accused — who, it appears, has been living for sortie time oast in ap* paren'tly Comfortable circutnstattded in Jersey, and making no effort to escape — back to New Zealand. We understand that since it had become apparent that the creditors of the accused did not intend to proceed against him, the Government have had him shadowed for some time past from Scotland Yard. In the absence of Mr Gully, the Crown Prosecutor, the services of Mr Skerrett have been retained for the Crown, and that gentleman is now in Christchurch collecting evidence for despatch to London. — Times.