WARING TAYLOR'S DEFALCA TION'S.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4520, 24 November 1884, Page 2

WARING TAYLOR'S DEFALCA TION'S.

(BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Wellington, Saturday. William Waring Tavlou, who was apprehended at. Carnarvon, Rangitikei, on Thursday, was brought down to Welling ton by tho Huia this afternoon. He was taken before tho Resident Magistrate and charged, on remand, with having converted to hia own use 25 fully paid-up shares in the Bank of New Zealand, worth £250, the property of Ernest Arundel, a legatee in the estate of James May. Mr Edwin Jellicoe appeared for the prosecution, und Mr E. Shaw for the defence. Mr Shaw applied that the case should be heard on Wednesday next, instead of Thuiaday, as had been arranged* when the accused was brought up immediately after his arrest. Mr Jellicoe offered no objection. Mr Shaw then applied that his client should be admitted to bail. Mr Jellicoe said he had no objection tobail being allowed, butbeforellis Worship decided in the matter it was necessary that he should understand the position of affairs. At the present time there" were three charges against the accused, the . total amount of moneys alleged to have been misappropriated being about £10,000. On Monday morning other charges, involving sums 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 charge against him.' There were now three. Mr Shaw intimated that substantial bail was forthcoming. His Worship said he would admit the accused to bail with two sureties of £500 each in each case. Mr Shaw objected that it would be difficult'to find bo many-sureties, and His Worship 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, he could easily have done so since bis 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 tho colony. Mr Shaw submitted Mr Joo Dransfield and Mr John Ueck as sureties. Mr Jellicoe accepted Mr Dransfield, and was willing to tako Mr Beck provided that in one of the other cases some other gentleman also, went surety. After some argument, Mr Beck satisfied His Worship as to his moans, and his recognisance was accepted. The accused was then admitted to bail, himself in £1,000, and two sureties of '£1,000 each.