ALLEGED THEFT OF JEWELS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21147, 3 October 1930, Page 7

ALLEGED THEFT OF JEWELS.

GOODS VALUED AT £2400. JOCKEY BEMANDED IN CUSTODY. • (Special to Daily Times.) i. . „ AUCKLAND, October 2. ~4*.. this morning Detective MWbirtar went to a, city hotel and ar* seated Francis M'Govern, aged 25. one or the beat-known hurdle horsemen in Jyew Zealand, on a Charge connected with the_ recent big jewel theft in Sydney. M Govern later appeared before Mr F. K. Hunt, BM U at the Police Court, when he.,was charged with stealing at Point Piper, Sydney, between September 3 and 13, from the dwelling of John Sydney iJovii], a diamond ana platinum . brooch and other' diamond jewellery, two suitcases, and two pairs of binoculars, of a total value of £2400. Detective, Sergeant T. Kelly asked that M Govern[ should be remanded until October 0. An escort is coming from Sydney, and an application for the accused’s extradition to New South Wales will be later made," added Mr Kelly. • The magistrate granted the remand. .Mr Olipnant, who appeared for M Govern, asked that his name should be suppressed. In the meantime, he said, the charge looked rather ominous, but his client bad a complete answer,/md an absolute denial that he was in any way guilty. Counsel also asked that bail should be allowed. "M'Gdvern," he said, “js a well-known and respectable Detective Sergeant Kelly. He baa not got a license now anyway. Mr Hunt, SM.; Is he an Australian or a native of New Zealand? Mr Oliphant replied that M'Govern was a New Zealander, and that he had ap. application before the racing authorities at the present time. .Mr Hunt: All the more reason that they should know of this matter. Counsel said that M'Govern bad been visiting Ellerslie every morning recently, and had been keeping in touch with the detectives. ' Only on Saturday last he handed over a pair of binoculars to the police. These had been presented to him by a man in Sydney before returning to New Zealand. The magistrate refused to grant bail, and also refused the application for an order for the suppression of M'Govern’s name. The police stated this morning that Mr Bovill, a wealthy resident of Sydney, left bis bouse in charge of a young man (not M'Govern) between September 3 and 13. On returning Mr Bovill found that bis jewellery and also the young man were missing. Subsequent inquiries by the New South Wales police resulted in a warrant being issued for M'Govern’s