A REMARKABLE CASE.
BORROWING OR THEFT ? By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, last night. At the Supreme Court to-day, James Bowie Kirk was charged with having stolen various sums aggregating £295 5s 3d, all of which had been received on terms requiring him to account for them, and pay them to J. E. Wickenden. It was contended for the defence that the relations between the prosecutor and accused was simply that of creditor and debtor, and that the prosecutor had only a civil remedy. His Honor reserved the point for the Court of Appeal, but left the issue to the jury whether the accused had or had not fraudulently [omitted to account for certain money.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty on this point.
Sentence was deferred ponding the decision of the Court of Appeal, and the accused was liberated on bail.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 120, 31 May 1901, Page 2
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