ARRESTED ON MAKURA
ORDER MADE AGAINST SEAMAN OWED WIFE £250 Arrested on the Makura this morning by Detective-Sergeant McHugh, James Stephen Reardon, aged 28, a seaman and member of the crew, was brought up to the Police Court to be dealt with immediately so that he could rejoin his ship, which was to sail at 12.30. Reardon was charged with being £l4 5s in arrears in respect of a maintenance order made against him for the support of his wife. The order was made at Westharn Lane, Stratford, Westharn, England, and the arrears were said to be up to February, 1927. The order was confirmed by Mr. Orr-Walker at Wellington last year. Chief-Detective Hammond said that Reardon, who pleaded guilty, was an oiler on the Makura earning £l7 a month, and he was about £250 in arrears ail told. There was a warrant of commitment against the man, but he had £67 in the bank, and it would suffice if the defendant was ordered to pay £SO of that sum to his wife. “Of course he might jump the ship at Suva or Vancouver,” added the chief detective, thoughtfully. Reardon: I shall not do that. The Chief Detective: If you do you will be leaving £l7 behind in the bank at Wellington. The order was made, and Reardon was escorted to his ship by DetectiveSergeant McHugh, a call being made at the bank on the way.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 704, 2 July 1929, Page 1
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236ARRESTED ON MAKURA Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 704, 2 July 1929, Page 1
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