BOWRON BROS.' SMASH.
ONE PLEADS GUTLTY. THE OTHER ACQUITTED. LONDON, June 28. The trial began to-day of John A. Bowron and Sidney Bowron, of Bowron Brothers, Bermondsey, whose failure was announced some time ago, and Thomas Knight, an employee of the firm for 20 years, on the charge of conspiring to defraud Messrs. Booth and Co., leather merchants, of Bermondsey, of £28,670.
John Bowron pleaded guilty to three counts of the conspiracy charges, and was acquitted on the others.
Sidney Bowron was acquitted, and the case against Knight was adjourned.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19110629.2.28.21
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 153, 29 June 1911, Page 5
Word Count
90BOWRON BROS.' SMASH. Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 153, 29 June 1911, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in