NOT GUILTY
FAILING TO ACCOUNT CHARGE. TRANSACTION WITH MOTOR CAR. "BOOT ON OTHER FOOT." (Per Press Association). BLENHEIM, Tins Day. There was an unusual conclusion, to a criminal trial at the Supreme Court this morning, when Mr justice Blair intervened with the remark that the money involved undoubtedly belonged te prisoner in the dock, and that far from .compla|inant having a claim against him, the boot was on the other foot. The case was- one in which Vaughan Gothrie Engstronr, of Masterton, was indicted on, Sfeptember 8, at Blentheim, die received the sum of £35 on terms requiring him to account for it to Joseph Reginald Wilson (sales manager or Provincial Motors, Wellington). "The evidence showed that Wilson bought a car for £7O for Engstrom's use, but registered it m Engstrom's name, and Engstrom entered into a hire-purchase agreement to buy the car from Wilson. Later the car was sold at Lower Moutere to a man named Cook fo.- £52, and a trade-iu car was taken in at a valuation of £4.8, a total of £IOO. Later still Engstrom sold the second car in Blenheim to one Jellyman for £4O, and did not account to Wilson for £35 of that amount. His Honor said it was obvious ,that the car sold to Jellyman was accused's property, as he held the original car under a hire-purchase agreement, and was entitled to any profit on its original sale at Lower Moutere., The case should never have been brought. • The jury, without leaving the box, returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 35, 21 November 1934, Page 6
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