A WELLINGTON CASE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13831, 19 February 1907, Page 7

A WELLINGTON CASE

REMARKS BY THE JUDGE. ■ /(P*b United Pwsi Association.) WKUJNGTON, Februavy 16. Sydney Georgo Ingram, an- enip'oycu ot To Are Iloiup, n city drapery csl.ib'ishmont,pleaded "Not guilty" to a chiirgi? (if liavitiK aulctl and nla-ltcd A. \V. Purvis, Into secretary of Wellington lipiiovolent Institution, in fnuids wliicb Vim is perpefrntcd on tho Inisleas of that body, for whioh ho is noff serving a torni of iniprifoninent. The. case for the Crown w:ie that Ingram, at the rcquo&t. o( I'nrvis, mmlo out boKus invoices agninst tlio trustees, in which ilom.s which siood charged lo Purvis's privulo aceoiint wero transferred an charges against, tho trustees and paid for by thorn. Tht jury returned a verdict of not guilty, aflcr half an hour's reiiit'ment. In slimming n\\ tho evidence, Mr Juslicft C.'«p|X'r said I hat tin' To Aro House L'oiupuny manaacmoiit lmil allowed Purvis 25 per cent, discount on all ){i>ods purrhnsed privately by Jtini simply hccmiso ho was tho ercrotary to an institution from whicli 'J'd Am Ilousn Company had contract lo supply goods. It was a most improper thinff, and deserved an expression of strongost disapproval. Tho jury added u riilpr to their verdict endorsing His Honor , b remarks.