ABSCONDER FROM BAIL
AN ARREST AT TIMARU.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night
The arrest has been effected at Timaru of Reginald Phillips, who disappeared on bail in Auckland on February 18. Phillips was one of three men who were alleged to have stolen some benzine at Taupo. He was admitted to bail in Auckland in two sureties of £250, pending a remand to Rotorua. Hia companions were kept in custody.
When the case was called in the Auckland Police Court on February 18 it was stated that Phillips had left tor Wanganui and had not returned. A warrant was issued for his arrest and proceedings to estreat bail were taken. A motor truck formed portion of the securities.
The' other two men were eventually acquitted on a charge of theft, after one of them had caused a sensation by jumping from a train in the Newmarket tunnel while under escort.
Phillips has appeared in the Timaru Police Court and has been remanded to Auckland.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 November 1926, Page 9
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