ANOTHER SENSATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4126, 31 May 1892, Page 2

ANOTHER SENSATION.

Arrest of a Beoeimr of Lam ■ ■■ -'Hmnue.

, The New Zealand Times of Moni day soyßl-rSometirae since Mr Geo, ' N. Bnggett, receiver of land revenuf for [ the Wellington district, was suspen- ( ded from office, but wassiibsequently , reinstated, Since then an investii gation into certain matters in coni nection with bis ; department have 1 been going on, and as a result an in* ' formation was laid against him for era. ; bezzlement. Aoting upon that, Detecj tive Campbell proceeded to Mr Bag- ; gett's residence in College Green on , Saturday night and effected his arrest, • he being subsequently released on i bail. The proceedings are being taken at the instance of the Audit Department, and the information alleges ' certain pharges pf conspiracy to de. fraud the reyenuo in connection with lftiid'Bcrip transactions, on the same linen, we understand, as tbose'ln rosped of wbioh Etheridge, reoeiver ; of land revenue at Auokland, was arrested some months as[o, The amount involved is. large, and the operations, it is .alleged,: have been'ex-' tending over some years. Mr Gully, Cro«n Proseoutor,beingengagedin the Supreme Court,;th'eAu|itDepartment hive Sfeet to prosecute, and it is ; flnders.(6od there'will be no delay in the proceedings. Mr Baggett ia well known in Wellington and district, and is. oonneoled, witli St Mark'B Church as. minister's churchwarden. .'The news ; of his arrest 1)&3 of course caused considerable sensation in town, I

(By Telegraph—Press ■ ■■■/ WEtiiHoioN, May 30; ••"'' JJaggett appeared before the B.M. Court this morning and was remanded for a week, J