BOGUS " FIVERS."

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 251, 22 October 1937, Page 9

BOGUS " FIVERS."

PASSED IN CITY.

LABOURER CHARGED.

CHRISTMAS EVE SHOPPING.

The a( ci'ptanee by certain shopkeepers " f Ll r " "" 'in ist mas Mv e last led tr > Alfred Remincrs. labourer, aged 10. standing trial before Mr. .J,,*-

"«• Fiiir llml a jury on Four charges of uttering to, ire,l not,-. : ,nd one el,a. iter -11, h a note. Mr Alfred it , prosecuted f„ K the Crown. the uho pleaded not bein.r defended ly \| r . \v. Xc,!.!.Mr. .Me,«„i,| tho ease for the .nnvn, "lunv that Christmas ;.ve the net Used had n at least I'M- "hops and at four of them had made each time tendering ;1 "rde in pay men t. hi a lift}, shop lie had attempted to ea.s|, another note Nnl.se, (uently it was ,linen ore,l the notes were forgeries, each beariii" the same im ,| essential signatures "ere mis-ing. Witnesses would identify the accusal iirf tiu» man who h;tl pMcssoil tho llflt€V 4.

K\ idence on the lines indicated by Ml. Mei'edit )| Mas given liy witnesses, one witness stilting that a t l lie time Retnniers made a purchase ut his shop Returners More it wig. in ('dint the accused m a . completely bald. Detective K. .1 \ill iII said licensed was arrrnted in Wellington in Julv Inst - |'l le number or' forced tv> notes' passed in Auckland on ( liristnnts j; x „ i|s |- VVhr " (jiiest ioned after his arrest licensed said lie was not in Auckland on December 24. that he hod no expbnia♦'on fn »>ake, „„,1 that he would plead not guilty. 1

Identification Parade. Questioned |.y Mr. N0t,!,., the witness ■dm. Ted that at the identification pa i a dew a number of persons could not. pick accused out as the man who had nddnT ,r"f // th " n ° tCS - The wit,,ess . 1111,1 tho parades were held seven months subsequeht to Christinas Eve I he accused had worn a wi<Afked by Mr. Noble what had become „f the wig. which was of considerable importance on the question of identity, the witness said he did not know, but the police did know that the accused had always worn a wig In addressing the jury Mr. Noble said thp whole question the jury had to decide was one of identification. He submitted that the evidence for the Crown torr iVIT* W " K defl,,itp| y '"satisfactory, and to convict the accused on the evidence g lven woul.l be dangerous' Counsel quoted well-known cases where innocent persons had been convicted on evidence of identification. lunch* '" 1,V |' rp t' r, 'd just before the luncheon adjournment.