THEFT OF MONEY
MANAGER POUND GUILTY.
(Per Press Association. —Copyrleht.) WELLINGTON, This Day.
After a short retirement, a jury in the Supreme Court yesterday returned a verdict of guilty in a case against Horace John Algar, who charged before Mr Justice Ostler with the theft of £143 3/6.
After the jury had returned with this verdict, His Honour remarked to accused’s counsel (Mr Hardie Boys): ‘‘l congratulate you on ; the defence you made, but I think you had a rather hopeless case.” The Crown Prosecutor stated that accused and three other men were in partnership, trading under the name of Collie Carrying Company. Accused, who was manager, had cashed a cheque made out to the firm and booked his passage to Sydney under an assumed name. He was arrested there. Counsel for the defence said thac accused had not stolen the money. The money belonged to him, and he had adopted a procedure which might seem rather extraordinary* to make sure he was not done out of it. Accused was remanded for sentence.
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Northern Advocate, 7 February 1934, Page 9
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