CRIME IN THE NORTH

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18625, 5 August 1922, Page 5

CRIME IN THE NORTH

(Per Dkitkd Pbkss Association.! . AUCKLAND. August .4 In the Supreme Court James Waring Jamison was charged with making false declarations in connection with the auditing c-f the balance sheets in the legal firm of Hammond and Cracknel! since 1516. The Official Assignee stated that the assets in the estate so far realised amounted to £I3OO, and that the total deficiency was probably about £45.000, of which onlv £2OO was not trust money. There would not be more than £IOOO to divide among the creditors. WELLINGTON, August 4. James Moye pleaded guilty to-day to distributing a document encouraging lawlessness. Defendant, is a waterside worker and a member of the local Communist Club. He had served sentences for breaches of military discipline Moye was sentenced to a month's imprisonment with hard labour. CHRISTCHURCH, August 4. Monty Victor Vanders, 22 years old, an American with many aliases,, was sentenced to six months’ reformative detention on three charges of vagrancy in connection with obtaining taxi rides by false pretences. The mother of seven children, whose husband has held his present position for 25 years, pleaded guilty to the theft of a fur, valued at 12 guineas, and was admitted to probation. Her name was suppressed by order of the court. Medical evidence was given that she was in a state of nervous instability. John Henry Adams, a member of the executive of the Seamen’s Union, was fined one day’s pay and costs for deserting from the Ma’raroa, anci £2 (in default seven days’ imprisonment) for striking the second engineer. Mr Wyvem Wilson, S.M., gave a ruling from the Bench at Christchurch t.o-day (har, lie would fix n minimum fine of £1 for disobeying a constable on point duty. He also expressed regret that there was no power to cancel a driving certificate after repeated convictions for speeding. He fined a motorist £5 and costs for a second offence.