THEFT OF MONEY.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, this day
At the. Supreme Court, James Bowie Kirk was charged with having stolen various sums, aggregating £295 4/3, all of which had been received on terms requiring him to account for them and pay them to J. E. Wickendeti. It was contended for the defence that the relation between prosecutor and accused was simply that of creditor and debtor, and that prosecutor had only a civil remedy. His Honor reserved the point for the Court of Appeal, but left the issue to the jury whether the accused had or had not fraudulently omitted to account for certain moneys. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on this point. Sentence was deferred pending the decision of the. Court of Appeal, and accused was liberated on bail.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 128, 31 May 1901, Page 2
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