The Hodgson-Cahill Case. HODGSON DISCHARGED.

Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 15, 18 January 1889, Page 2

The Hodgson-Cahill Case. HODGSON DISCHARGED.

[BY TEIiBGRAPH.J (Our Own Corretpondmt.J Dunbdin, This Dat. Hodgson was again brought before Mr. Carew, E.M., to-day. Detective Henderson said the Wellington police authorities had wired that prosecutrix insisted on the accused being remanded there. The accused repeated that the charge was simply trumped np. The woman thought if he returned to Wellington he might be induced to marry her. She had threatened if he attempted to leave Wellington Bhe would chase him all over the place. The charge was brought purely out of spite. He had been in tho Postal and Telegraph Department for four years, and left his situation merely to get away from prosecutrix. It was unlikoly ho would run the risk of losing his oharaotor for lifo by such petty larceny. He had had a character given him by Mr. John Blaok, of the Head Stores Department, and was travelling in his own name to Melbourne, where he had reason for thinking employment waited him. Tho police produced certificates of character taken from the prisoner on his arrest. Mr. Carew had the certificates examined by Postmaster Butts, who identified them as genuine. . The Magistrate said the police admitted that the woman laying j the charge was of questionable oharacter, '■ and on tho other hand accused produced ' documents Bhowing bo had been in the Go- i vernment service till the 12th instant, and 1 on leaving had received testimonials of trust- < worthy men. It would be very hard to send 1 him back to Wellington, which meant tern- ' porary ruin, and if the case against him j broke down he had no remedy, the proseon- i trix being a person of no standing. The ao- ' cased iru discharged, i