CRIME IN DUNEDIN

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11539, 19 June 1931, Page 2

CRIME IN DUNEDIN

Sequel to burglary

voUNG MAN UOMgjTTED FOR Y 0 ; SENTENCE

(Tress Association.) »• •* ' DUNEDIN, June IS. \rthur Gavah; -a’.“young man, was flirted for icntenco .on a charge C f breaking and entering • a Wirehouse and ana c.g--a lTli « Baccused in a-statement, skid k/ldred a ca)- in .Christchurch and left for Dunedin witli two compaa- ■ „-i,ose names he did not wish S mention., Two, day* Liter by met jds-icompanions at night outside the &S 3& the same night, uml was arrested at 1 'counsel said the accused did not enter the premises, ■ • but merely assisted from without.

POSTAL OFFICIAL'S. LAPSE

(Press Association.! DUNEDIN. June 18

Robert IVilliam Paul, a Post Office messenger,; charged with stealimr a letter containing bank notes and a postal note bo the total vajlno of- £2 12s, the property of the Post-master-General, was to-day combatted for sentence- , f

CHARGE AGAINST SOLICITOR

CPrese AssoclatlonJ AUCKLAND, June 18. Percival John Sca-ntlehury, 43, a solicitor, .was arrested to-day on a charset of making; a Jake document in connection with his trust acount Ho was remanded to July 2 on bail, to; report to the police daily. _____

GAOL FOR FRAUD

(Press Association.). DUNEDIN. June 18

John McCulloch : Forsyth, charged with obtaining £2O by falsely stating that he was in a position to employ as -a- motor driver -any person prepared to pay £2oy was sentenced to’ one -year’s reformative detention. He was remanded to Christchurch ou another charge^