MISSING PAYROLL

Southland Times, Issue 21605, 18 January 1932, Page 5

MISSING PAYROLL

OCEAN BEACH MONEY

MAN CHARGED WITH THEFT REMANDED TO INVERCARGILL A sequel to the robbery which occurred - in South Invercargill at about midday on 1 I July 3 last took place in Dunedin on t , Friday, when Thomas Harold Brewer, . i aged 33, was arrested on a charge of havi ing committed the theft. The money - which went amissing comprised the payroll t of the Ocean Beach Frozen Meat Company, - and the amount was stated at the time to exceed £B3O. t i Before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., in I ' the Dunedin Police Court, Brewer was t . charged with stealing the sum of £837 t | 4/2, the property of the Ocean Beach > | Frozen Meat Company. : I Detective-Sergeant. Nuttall said the ac- ■ [ cused was arrested on Friday evening by > Detective Russell and Constable le Sueur. ’ It was an Invercargill offence, and he > would ask for a remand, in order that the I accused might appear there next Wednes--1 day morning. I The. accused’s counsel said there was no opposition to a remand, but Brewer had asked him to apply for bail. He was a married man with four young children, . and, apart from one conviction under the Gaming Act, he had never been in trouble before. Stating that it was a very serious matter, Mr Nuttall opposed bail. He said he was afraid that the interests of justice might be defeated if bail were granted in the meantime. Counsel: 1 don’t think there would be any difficulty about obtaining bail locally. From my instructions in the matter it is not a case of embezzlement as one might have thought at first sight from reading the information. Detective-Sergeant Nuttall: This man was found in possession of a number of the stolen notes, and his explanation regarding them is not satisfactory. Still a large number of the notes have to be recovered. The Magistrate said the remand was a short one, and he would not grunt bail. Counsel then asked that the remand be till Monday, but the original date (Wednesday, January 20) was adhered to. A request for suppression of the name in the meantime was refused. —Dunedin Star.