POLICE INQUIRY.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 787, 18 August 1916, Page 7

POLICE INQUIRY.

SITTING IN GREYMOUTH. Frets Association. GREYMOUTH, August 18. A commission, consisting of Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., Police Inspector Norwood, and Mr Crowther (retired Customs officer), completed the hearing of evidence here into charges which led to the dismissal of Peter Maloney from the Police Force. Maloney was dismissed for alleged gross misconduct, in that he received ft 10/- by falsely representing that the same was owing to Patrick Dinan, by whom the vouchers were signed, for scavengering fees. Dinan said that he did not at any time do the work, and that he did not even know where the police closets were. Maloney denied this absolutely, stating that the work was done by Dinan. He produced a letter from Dinan, in which Dinan said he was not attending the latrines regularly, and declaring that he attended them at definite periods. This letter Dinan said he copied from a letter written by Maloney. The letter in question was not produced at the official inquiry prior to Maloney's dismissal. The evidence before the Commission was mainly on the question of credibility. The Commission's report is returnable to the Government before August 31.