ABUSE OF TRUSTS.
HEAVY LIABILITIES. (Pr«M Association.—By Telegraph. Timaru, Last Night. At the Supreme Court to day there w«re only three criminal cases and all wfre disposed of. A c of criminal assault on an infant girl resulted in an acqiittal. Three yonng men, brot ers, we e charged with unlawful mischief by injuring a motor car used without permission, and also acquitted. They remain civilly liable Walter Snaw, solicitor, pleaded guilty to ten charges of abase of trust", the total of sums involved being £0,700, and one charge of false pretences He was sentenced to three years. It was stated Shaw's total liabilities were abou*; £50,000 and the assets were not folly ascertaine !, but probably were equal to between 2s (j t and 5s in the £.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 2026, 16 September 1913, Page 5
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