THOUGHT HE HAD £l0

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 423, 3 August 1928, Page 1

THOUGHT HE HAD £lo

COULD NOT PAY TAXIDRIVER S.M. DISMISSES CHARGE A charge against John Patrick Shevinan and Joseph Keys of obtaining £5 1 ft; credit by fraud from Norman Albert Seymour, was dismissed at the Police Court this morning by Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M. Cliief-Detective Hammond said that the two men had engaged a taxi at Hamilton to drive to Frankton. “After driving the two men to Frankton,” said Seymour, “for which I received payment, one of them was refused admission at the boardinghouse, so they decided to continue the journey to Auckland.” Witness said that Shevinan pulled out a pound note when they got to Auckland and expressed surprise, saying that he thought he had £lO. It then transpired that Keys also had no money and it was decided that they should wait until nine o’clock when Keys could draw the amount from the Post Office Savings Bank. “At the bank,” concluded Seymour, “they gave me the slip.” Shevinan said that he had already paid over £ 3 of the money. He had taken the driver’s name so that the money could be sent to him as soon as possible. When he engaged the taxi lie was sure he had at least £lO on him.