USED A CLIENT’S CAR

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 124, 19 February 1929, Page 12

USED A CLIENT’S CAR

GARAGE HAND WHO WENT FOR MIDNIGHT RIDE . Yesterday, Edward William Rey-,1. nolds, garage employee, appeared be—J fore Mr. T. B. McNeil, S.M., in the J Magistrate’s Court, .charged with coil- ; verting to his own use a motor-car, 4 ’ valued at £269, the property of Messrs.’ Picot. Brothers. . r ? The driver of the car, a traveller in i the employ of the firm named Samuel ' t . Frickleton, gave evidence of leaving . : the vehicle in Preston’s service station - for greasing and storing purposes. ! r Reynolds attended to hini, and he left ; 1 i the ear. Returning the following morn- ' Ing he was informed by Reynolds that ■ .■ lie bad taken the car out during the night, and met with an accident in the Taita Gorge. Defendant, who was represented by Mr. J. Scott, said that as the garage was full, he told Frickleton that the car could either be left in the corner, or he, Reynolds, would take it home, and garage it. The driver said that he “was easy on the matter,” anc when'defendant finished, .bls work a* . ' midnight he took the ear to get sonii pies in town, meaning to take it honu afterwards. Instead, however, he de cidisd to go for a run, and met with i mishap. The accident was immedlatel: _ reported, and defendant brought i wrecking car from Wellington to tow i back to the city, He had since mad< good the damage, .which amounted t< £7O. In fining Reynolds £lO,. in defnnl one month’s imprisonment, the Magls trate stated that defendant had hat valuable property placed under his cart and had abused the trust placed in hint An order for the suppression of the name, on the grounds that its publica - tion would injure, his employers’ bust ..... ness, was refused, , . :