CHARGE OF ABSCONDING.
WITNESS GOES TO SYDNEY. A charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by absconding from bail was preferred against Joseph Wilson in the Hamilton Magistrate’s Court last week. Evidence was given that Wilson was the chief witness in connection with a charge of indecent assault which had been preferred against another man. Prior to the date of the Hamilton Supreme Court trial Wilson disappeared and was located at Sydney. He was arrested there and was brought back to New Zealand in police custody. In a statement to the police Wilson said he had been intending to go to Sydney for some time and could produce medical evidence in support of this statement. He did not know, he said, that once he had given evidence in the lower Court that it was absolutely necessary to appear before the Supreme Court. He pleased “not guilty” and reserved his defence and was committed for trial. In applying for bail, Mr. Tomkins said that there was no danger of accused attempting to go away again. Bail was allowed, self in £lOO and two sureties of £lOO each, a condition being that accused reports daily to the police.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1923, Page 2
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