LAND AGENT ARRESTED.
ALLEGED THEFT OF RENTS* ABOUT £1000 INVOLVED. - - ; [by telegraph OWN ooaBEsroKnENT.3 ;; WELLINGTON, Wednesday. ;} : A young* land agent named Alfred John. . .. ffcoon has ( been : arrested here by Detec- - ';;; tive '■■■ Murray,' charged with stealing rents ; totalling £94/ 15s 2d, - : which amount ha *| is alleged to : have received on terms re- "- quiring him to account for, or pay it to, t - Dwan Bros. When the accused appeared at the Mag- ■-, istrate's t' Court i to-day it was stated by.;lf||| Detective-Sergeant Cameron that the si-- ,;. leged defalcations would approach a total of something like i £1000. Just before the ; accused's arrest the polioe came. into.,-.:,.,, possession of information which led' thera,-i< ; .;.;; to believe that ho intended to leave the country. . V ■: ': Mr. W. Perry, who appeared for the, ,v accused, denied that his client _ had any .' •'■ intention of leaving the Dominion. ~- ' A remand for one week was granted,' . bail being 'fixed at : £500. Scoon was or-. -"' dered to report daily to the police. '• ,;.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18533, 18 October 1923, Page 8
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162LAND AGENT ARRESTED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18533, 18 October 1923, Page 8
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