EXTRADITION ORDER: MAN CHARGED WITH FALSE PRETENCES

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 March 1949, Page 3

EXTRADITION ORDER: MAN CHARGED WITH FALSE PRETENCES

(P.A.) AUCKLAND, March 11. An order for the extradition to Australia of an accused charged with false pretences was made in the Magistrate’s Court by Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M. The accused was John Raymond Stewart, aged 30, a telephonist. He was charged with falsely pretending to Eleanor May Ibbotson, on December 29, 1947, at Brisbane, that he was capable of obtaining the lawful release on parole from a State farm in Queensland of Colin Lindsay Ibbotson, and that he required the sum of £5OO as a cash bond to ensure the conditions of the parole, thereby obtaining £5OO with intent to defraud. , 4' zx Detective-Sergeant Madsen, ol tne criminal investigation branch of the Queensland State Police Department in Brisbane, said he knew accused. He produced the original warrant for his arrest, issued in Brisbane. He had arrested accused in Auckland on Thursday. Mr K. C. Aekins, who appeared for the accused, asked that reasonable opportunity be given Stewart to complete his business in Auckland. In making the order for the extradition of accused in police officers custody, the Magistrate ordered that his return to Brisbane should not take place for three days. Bail was fixed at £6OO, with two surieties of £3OO. Accused was directed to report to the police three times a day.