ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.
CHARGE AGAINST LAWYER.
SUM OF £15 INVOLVED.
fill TELEGRAPH.OWN- CORRESPONDENT.] CHRISTCHDECH. Saturday. A well-known solicitor, Lionel Lancelot Hickingson, aged 34, who was until recently an employee of Messrs. Duncan, Cotterill and Coad, and who has fre quently appeared in Court on behalf of that firm, was charged to-day before Mr. Widdowson, S.M., with having failed to account for two sums totalling £15. Accused, who was arrested at Rakaia yesterday, was represented by Mr. L. A. Charles.
Chief-Detective Gibson applied for a remand until next Wednesday. This was granted. Mr. Charles asked for bail. Chief-Detective Gibson: The man would be much better off if he were not on bail. Ha has been drinking very heavily, and is not quite right now. Mr. Charles: He has a wife and -.'.hree small children. There is no chance, of his getting away. Chief-Detective Gibson: 1' am not afraid of his getting away. Bail was granted in one surety in self of £100, and two of £50 on the first charge, and in accused own cognisance of £100 on the second charge.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18730, 9 June 1924, Page 9
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179ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18730, 9 June 1924, Page 9
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