THE GASE OF WARING TAYLOR. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1933, 25 November 1884, Page 2

THE GASE OF WARING TAYLOR. [BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Wellington, Saturday. William Waring Taylor, who was apprehended afc Carnarvon, Rangitikei, on Thursday, was brought down to Wellington by the Htiia this afternoon He w.is taken before the Resident Magistrate and charged, on remand, with having conveited to his use 23 fully paid-up shares in the Bank of 'New Zealand, worth £250, the property of Earnest Aruudel, a legattee iv the estate of James May. Mr Edwin Jellicoe appeared for the prosecution, and Mt E. Shaw for the defence. Mr Shaw applied that the case should hi heard on Wednesday next iv stead of Thursday, as had been arranged when the accused was brought up immediately after his arrest. Mr Jellicoe offeied no objection. Mr Shaw then applied th<\t his client should be admitted to bail. Mr Jellicoe said lie had no objection to bail being allowed, but befoie His Worship decided m the matter it wag necessary that he Jiould understand the position of affairs. I At the piesfiifc tune there were three j -hir^es against the accused, the total <i.nount of moneys alleged to have been Misappropriated being about £10,000. On Monday morning other chaiges, involvmi.. Mims amounting altogether to about £10,000, would be laid against defendant. Having said this much, he (Mr Jellicoe) would leave the matter in the hands of the court. Sergeant- Major Goodall said that when Taylor was arrested there was only one c'largo against him. There was how three. Mr Shaw intimated thai substantial bail was forthcoming, ffis Worship said he would admit the accused to bail with two sureties of £000 each in each case. Mr Shaw objected that it would be difficult to find so many sureties, and His Woiship then consented to take two sureties only. Mr Shaw thought that heavy bail was not required, because his client did not want to run away. If he had desired to escape ho could easily have done so since his bankruptcy. He could have gone to a place where an extradition treaty was not in force, but he did not want to go out of the colony. Mr Shaw iubmitted Mr Joe Dransfield and Mr John Beck as sureties. Mr Jellicoe accepted Mr Dransfield, and was willing to take Mr Beck, provided that in one of the other cases some other gentlemen also went surety. After some fiiguuienfc, Mr Beck satisfied His Worship aa to his means, and his recognisance was accepted. The accused was then admitted to bail, himself in £1000, and two sureties of £1000 each.

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