UTILISING-THE SEA

Evening Post, Volume 55, Issue 55, 3 September 1923, Page 8

UTILISING-THE SEA

rAN INVENTOR BEFORE THE

COURT.

•;..■■'. PALMERSTON^N,,,TJiis;,Day. „ y In the Supremß;-GowtvtJosepii Har- > vey Cornish was. charged 'on .six counts ,' of false-'.''jiretencca'.^ltv-'was"-alleged that ■/ accused^' at Levin;,,with intent to, de- \ fraud, .obtained -"frpiw Jubpz Bebbington £5 by falsely representing that a solicitor "tot Otaki had/pufc.'lm"■';£sQo^£p^-.'the.■pur--Vch&se of .one nundred;%sh£irea in an in--4 vehtionvpf accused'fpr utilising the.rise r and f^i^iqf;.:the-aeai:'J^fieVotli'er r ;offences' '■— ivere alleged to . Haye; l?een: committed i. at Levin and'Shannon:^;; The' ;'Crown /Prosecutor stated that the-idea-: of an invention for controlling the rise and fall ," of the swell of the sea was a very old one. Many astute minds in the scientific world had endeavoured to utilise the rise and fall of swell of the sea for . mechanical purposes. Accused claimed '.he had provisional protection for an in-. .. vention. He had been selling shares in "the invention for three months prior to his arrest, and had disposed of thirtytwo at £5 each, so had done fairly well. The onus was on the Crown to, prove •that the money had been obtained, by. '„ false pretences. Accused had no work- : ing modal, as proof of his invention; the •> .whole stock-in-trade being s, ,pro»peetu«.