JUDGMENT GIVEN
.FOR THE J- uLL AMOUNT
(Per Press Association). 1 ” Hamilton, September 4. Charles Da I belli a farmer at Horn-, tiu sued his .son-in-law, Lawrence Dwyer, in the Supreme' Court to-day, for JC7oO, stating -that Dwyer had cost him between £'2ooo and £3OOO in Addition to tbiis sum, Dwyer early last year had operated a. service car between Hamilton and Auckland and became insolvent, with a large deficit. His creditors threatened prosecution ■on the grounds of negligence and also! of his extravagant living, but consented to withhold proceedings provided a certain. dividend was paid. Dwyer then borrowed £750 from his father-in-law, promising to 'repay him in a fortnight with money from an uncle who. liyed in Wanganui. He paid this sum to the. Official Assignee and obtained a, stay of criminal proccditigs-. But the loan wa> never, ’ repaid '.and he dXsappefcired from'tbe district. After filing a defence to the present suit his .solicitor told the Court he was unable to find his client. Mr Justice Ostler gave judgment for the full amount claimed.
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Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2303, 4 September 1929, Page 8
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