BAIL OF £3000.
MERCHANT CHARGED.
LENGTHY REMAND GRANTED
STATEMENT BY POLICE.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Bail of £3000 was allowed Hugh Lowtlier when he appeared in the Magistrate's Court to-day charged with illicitly receiving a 400-gallon tank valued at £8 10/. The large bail was fixed by Mr. E. C. Levvy, S.M., after hearing a strong plea by the police for a substantial amount. The total was made up of £1000 in his own recognisance and two sureties of £1000 each. Lowther is to report daily to the police until April 28. Detective-Sergeant Holmes asked for a lengthy remand, saying that a very large sum was involved and many charges were to be investigated. He said the affair was going to develop into a. very large one, and several city firms would probably be involved. Mr. W. R. La-scelles for Lowther said the accused was a well-known •merchant in the city, and wished to attend to his business.
John Searle, charged with stealing a 400-gallon tank, was remanded till April 28. on bail of £25 and one surety of £2.">.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 85, 11 April 1938, Page 8
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