ALLEGED ROBBERY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2878, 2 May 1925, Page 2

ALLEGED ROBBERY.

DEPORTED FROM SYDNEY

EX-FARMER LOSES £73. Palmerston North, May 1st. Allegations that he had been asked to on to the Esplanade to assist at a horse sale, that he had there been invited to participate in a game of cards, and that he finally had been robbed, were made by

Stanley Gibson, one-time farmer at Taumarunui, and now of Christchurch, at the Police Court, this morning, when Denholm Gillespie, alias John Harris, a well-dressed young man, was charged with the theft of £73. Accused, it is alleged, is one of a party of three who worked together.

Following the occurrence, smart work by Sergeant Power, saw the arrest of Robert Howden, who it is alleged, was the man who took Gibson to the Esplanade, but the other two men stated to be implicated left town. However, in Sydney recently Gillespie was arrested for drunkenness, and it was then found he was wanted by the New Zealand police in connection with the charge laid by Gibson. Accused was deported from Australia, and was arrested in Wellington on Tuesday. Howden was charged at the Magistrate's Court on March 12th, pleading not guilty, and was committed for trial.

At the conclusion of the evidence this morning, Gillespie pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial at the Supreme Court.