W. Waring Taylor Charged with Appropriating L250 Worth of Shares.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 140, 24 November 1884, Page 3

W. Waring Taylor Charged with Appropriating L 250 Worth of Shares.

ALLEGED MISAPPROPRIATIONS ,- AMOUNTING TO £10,000.

(united pbess association.) WISLtTNGTOK, NOV. 22,. .^illiam Waring Taylor, who was at Carnarvon, Rangitikei, ; was brought down to Wellington by tbe^Huia^this afternoon? He was taken before the RedenjvMagistrate and charged on retnand with haying converted to his own; use 25 fully paid-up shares iv the bank of New Zealand (£250 ■worth),; 5 the property of Ernest Arundell, a legatee m the estate of James May y : deceased. Mr Edwin ( Jellicoe- appeared for the prosecution, and Mr E. Shaw for the defence. Mr Sb.aw applied that the case should be heard on.Wednesday next instead of Thursday, as had been arranged when the accused was brought up iuimediit"tely "after his arrest. Mr Jelhnoe offered ,rio, objection. Mr Shaw then 'applied 'tb:it his client- should be admitf.et%o bail. 3Htr Jellicoe said he had no objection to bail being allowed, but before hi* Worship decided m the matter it was necessary that he should understand the position of affairs. At the' present time there were three charges against accused^ the, tq^lal amount of moneys alleged tg hajre l^ejßii misappropriated being about. On , Monday other .charges^ involving .sums amounting - f td : abon i •'* £ 1 0,000, would ;be laid against' defendant. Having said this much he '(Mr Jellicoi^ would leave the matter m the hands xiftfte court. Sergeant-Major Goodall said, that when .Taylor was arrested tlVeVe -was I " 'only' one jcharge against ;fei&j there were ndw three. Mr Shaw intimated that substantial bail was forthcoming. His] Worship said «he / would,£d.mity. accused to baiJLjwiih two sureties of £500 each m each case. M r Shaw ; objected that it would be very difficult 'to jfind so many ,suretu\s, and his Woiiship then; consented to take two '' sureties only. I Mr,. Shaw..- that heavy bait viras not required, because his client 'did not want 1 to ron. ; ' If he had dcosir^d'jto escape: he could easily have done, /so . < since li». bahkruptcy, He .could have gone ioa place where au extradition treaty was not m force, but 'his clieat did not want to go out of ihe country. Mr Shaw submitted My'.'JtiV Dranstield and Mr John Beck as .siiwties." ?Mr JiTellicce accepted Mr Drausfield, an|d was willing to take Mr Beck, -provided that m one of the other cases some other gentleman also) went surety. After some argument Mr Beck satisfied hi* Worship as to his means, and > his recognisances were 'accepted. " Accused was then admitted/to bail, himself m £1000 and two securities; of [ •&Topoeach| : - ■■'■■'■" ,'- "'.?.'.. ''',-■■,■;. .'"■■■ Later, < ! Two additional informations have been- laid against Waring Taylor for i misdemeanour m, connection with his bank/uptcyl It is ' understood that twelve others are pending. '