No Suppression

NZ Truth, Issue 1147, 24 November 1927, Page 9

No Suppression

CAILURE td. comply with' tho * terms of his probation has-' cost Harold Earl Winstanley £10 and aome amount of worry; He was brought before Magistrate Page m the Wellington Police Court last week to state Why he had failed to report regularly to the probation officer. Probation Officer Mills stated that Winstanley 'was m a good position, but when he had been written to and warned about not reporting, he Simply ignored the notes. Winstanley's counsel, however, said that accused, who pleaded guilty, / d?d ' A fair artiOUrtt Of travelling and was not always m the city. He received probation for false pretences and had re* trteved himself so thoroughly that he now held a responsible position. He was also offered the managership of the; firm's Auckland branch; but if nublioity were divert to the proceedings he would lose the offer and possibly his job. Under these circumstances he aaked that the S.M. might see his Way clear to Suppress his name. Magistrate Page said he did not look lightly on cases where men. broke the terms of their probation, rtor could he see his way clear to grant counsel's request fdr sup* pression.