CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY
TELEGRAM FRAUDULENTLY MARKED t United Pres* Association) WHANGAREI, 3rd July. In Court to-day Harry Stockwell. William Martin and William White were charged with conspiracy against George Mau, Rotorua. Stockwell and Martin induced White : who was relieving at Kaiwaka Post Office, to mark fraudulently a telegram, so as to lead Mau to believe it was received for transmission at a time other than when it was received. Martin, on hearing the result of a race at Wellington, got White to add a request for a bet on the winner to a telegram previously handed m for dispatch to Mau. White repented when Martin left the office, and intended not to send the telegram, but, fearing that Martin would report him for having accepted £5, he sent the message. Mau became suspicious and offered to pay half Martin’s winnings, amounting to about £l7O. The men demanded the full amount, which led to the discovery of the plot. White, with 12 years’ exemplary service to his credit, was dismissed from the telegraph department. The magistrate fined Martin £25, Stockwell £2O. and White £5.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19390705.2.34
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 5 July 1939, Page 4
Word Count
183CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 5 July 1939, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.