MAN CHARGED WITH THEFT OF £19,875

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28388, 21 September 1957, Page 2

MAN CHARGED WITH THEFT OF £19,875

(New Zealand Press Association;

AUCKLAND, September 20. I Police today charged a man with breaking and entering the Waterfront Industry Commission’s office in Quay street, Auckland, on November 27 last year and stealing £19.875. The cash was the next day’s pay for Auckland’s cargo workers. The man, Trevor Edward Nash, aged 28, a cargo worker, of Papatoetoe, was arrested last Friday on a receiving charge. He has since been in custody. The breaking and entering and theft charge was preferred against him today. When Nash appeared in the Magistrate’s Court before Mi H. Jenner Wily, S.M., he was remanded till next Friday. He was also remanded to the same day on the receiving charge. Bail was refused. ,» Mr H. E. Campin, police prosecutor, told the Court that inquiries were proceeding. In consenting to the remand, Mr R. K. Davison, who appeared for Nash, asked the police to keep in mind that the last Supreme Court sessions for the year were only four weeks away. “I would like the depositions to be taken in time for the case

to be heard at that session,” counsel added.

Mr Campin assured Mr Davison tint the preliminary hearing of the evidence would be taken in time for the Supreme Court session.

The disappearance of the pay roll was described by the police at the time as the biggest in New Zealand.

Intensive ' inquiries engaged 12 senior members of the Criminal Investigation Branch constantly for several months. Since then smaller squads have been fully engaged. Ships leaving New Zealand ports were searched. Airports were watched, and Australian police searched several ships arriving from New Zealand. In Auckland, records of banks and business firms were searched. Hundreds of people were interrogated, including many with criminal records, both inside and out of gaol. Some homes were searched, and the Army, using mine detectors, have helped.