BANKRUPT BUILDER.
MORRIS IS ACQUITTED. George Morris, the bankrupt builder, who was charged with having left New Zealand with money lightfully belonging to his creditors, with having concealed and removed £10 or upwards belonging to the estate, and with having incurred debts which he had no reasonable expectation of paying, was yesterday found not guilty in "all counts by a jury at the Supreme Court. The foreman, in conveying the verdict, stated that the jury believed tbat Morris did not know his position until May 5 last year, which was three days before he went to Australia. Morris was thereupon discharged from custody.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 11
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