COUNTERFEITING ALLEGED

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20988, 17 October 1933, Page 15

COUNTERFEITING ALLEGED

COINS FOUND IN ATTIC iri'.r.ES Associ.vnox r n:r.Ei'.riA.\i.) DUNEDIN, October 16. In the Magistrate's Court this afternoon, Robert Stanley McCausland appeared on two charges that on Augu-:t 8 and September 17 he made counter- I feit coins with intent to make inert ' pass for current silver coin. Mr H. \V. Bundle, S.M., was on the bench. James, Harold Mitchell, aetitigmauager of Wool worth's, said that between August 10 and September 20, £1 9s 6d in counterfeit coins was accepted as genuine. The sum included three half-crowns and 10 florins. The , coins were later handed to Detective- ! Sergeant Doyle and Detective Gibson. '■■ Detective-Sergeant Doyle de- , scribed a search made by ! himself and Detective Gibson i of accused's house at Kew. In an. \ attic they found a primus lamp, a tool i box, strips of lead and other metal. Near the lamp was a newspaper with white powder scattered over it. Accused said the outfit was used for soldering. The detectives then lound in a cigarette tin 12 counterfeit florins. Accused remarked: "It's a straightout catch. Good luck to you. You have found what you were looking Giving evidence, L. H. James (Gov- j ernment analyst) said he was certain j that the coins collected by Wool- ] worth's were identical with the coins ; taken from accused's home. , The accused, who pleaded not guilty, i was committed \f> the Supreme Court j for trial, bail being refused. i