ARRESTED IN SYDNEY
FARMER, BANKRUPT. BREACHES OF LAW. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.) NEW, PLYMOUTH, Aug. 20. The, guilt of Berb Thomas on six charges under the Bankruptcy Act, was found by a jury- in the Supreme Court to-day. Thomas had been a. farmer at Mangorei. Among other charges were those that he removed from New Zealand part of his assets in bankruptcy, that he did not disclose all his assets, and that he put one of his creditors to needless expense by a frivolous and vexatious defence to an action in the Supreme Court. The jury recommended mercy on the ground of Thomas’ lack of business knowledge. Sentence was deferred.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 21 August 1930, Page 9
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