THE COURTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 3, 28 January 1909, Page 2

THE COURTS

ALLEIiED iIISAI'I'ROI'RIATION. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. At the Police Court this morning Edwin .Mctiurney, a scow master, was 'charged tin seven informations with having received sums totalling about I CI2O on behalf of .Messrs. ilacltlow 'liros., and with having fraudulently failed to account for them. It was stated by the prosecution that the accused was employed about the end of October, 1!)07, iis master of the scow lvia Ora. The 'vessel was to be worked on shares, the licensed taking two-thirds of the earnings of the scow, out of which he paid all wages and stores. The other third went to the linn, out of which they had ; lo pay for the upkeep of the vessel. 'Five per cent, of the gross earnings was deducted and given to the owners or agents, according to which party found It lie freight. It was not the accused's Wuty to collect the freights, but if he 'did so he should account to the firm. 'All went well for some time, until it was discovered, the prosecution alleged, 'that the accused had collected various 'freights and had not accounted for the.in. Accused, who pleaded not guilty, 'reserved his defence, and was committed 'for trial, bail being allowed in one surely of lilOO.

IA CUSTOMS OFFICIAL JN TROUBLE. ] i Auckland, Wednesday. I Henry Phillip Barry, customs collector, pleaded guilty to a charge of reIceiving money between) May 1!M>8 and IDecember 1!>1)8. various moneys totalling libout CBOD, which he converted to his town use. In a written confession, aewiseil stated that he was in the habit io'f detaining cheques- for dues and obtaining cash from the cashier, giving ireceipts from duplicate books, lie. was .■■onunilt.edi for sentence, bail being rcmewed in the sum of CBIKI. Accused's 1 lidclilv was guaranteed to the extent of I CStlll while tire total abstraction was I UM liisr lid. SI A' (JtUXI-SEEUNC. Auckland, Wednesday, i Harry Evans and William Dulzicll iwere convicted of sly-grog selling at the 'police court. Each was sentenced to Uix months''imprisonment with hard llabour. .Both the accused had previously been guilty of the same offence.