POST OFFICE THEFT.
A CHRIST CHURCH OFFICIAL. REMANDED ON BAIL. [BX TELEGRAPH. —OWN COTtIIESPONDEST. ] (JHRISTCHURCH, Monday. A man, James Law ronton, aged 35, single, was charged to-day that on or about Jfine 16, 1925, being a postal official, be stole £165, the property of the Post-master-General. Chief-Detective T. GibEon applied for a remand until October 14. The Magistrate, Mr. H. M. Widdowfion: Arc there any more charges '! The Chief-Detective : Yes, Mr. J. B. Batchelor, for accused, asked for bail. He said that Lawronson had been extremely open and candid with the police. He had even told things the police did not know at the time. This was the first occasion on which he had been in trouble. Chief-Detective Gibson said accused had been very candid with the police. He had known accused since he was a boy. It was a great shock to everybody that I La wrenson was in trouble. ! A " CU t Sfi ! to bail in the f'"oh two sureties of £IOO
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19141, 6 October 1925, Page 12
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