ALLEGED ILLICIT GOLD DEALING
PROSECUTION AT GREYMOUTH
(United Press Association.)
GREYMOUTH, This Day
Illicit gold dealing was alleged in the Warden’s Court to-day in a charge bv the Mines Department against Patrick J. O’Donnell, hotel manager of Waiuta. It is alleged that O’Donnell had dealings in gold with mythical Chinese. He was charged with making a false statement in the gold dealers’ book in the Bank of New’ South Wales at Greymouth on December 16th last, that the gold bought by the hank was sold on behalf of Hip Wan and Ah Gow, and was obtained at Waiuta. Defendant pleaded not guilty. The Crown Solicitor, Mr Kitchingham, said that evidence would he submitted that the Chinese names were assumed. The police discovered that Ah Gow died in 1923. O’Donnell refused to answer the questions of the .mining inspector, but later to Detective Sergeant Young said how the Chinese asked him to sell the gold for them as lie would get a better price. He could not say where t‘he Chinese could be found, and had no written record of the transactions. The case is proceeding.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 20 July 1925, Page 4
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