DEFENCE OF HOPELESS CASE
JUDGE CONGRATULATES COUNCIL. THEFT OF MONEY BY MANAGER. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Feb. 7. After a short retirement the jury in the Supreme Court to-day returned a verdict of guilty in the case against Horace John Algar, who was charged before Mr. Justic Ostler with the theft of £143 3s 6d. He was remanded for sentence. After the jury had returned with its verdict his Honour remarked to Algar’s counsel, Mr. Hardie Boys: “I congratulate you on the defence you made, but I think you had rather a hopeless case.” The Crown Prosecutor stated that accused and three other men were in partnership trading under the name of the Collie Carrying Company. Algar, who was the manager, had cashed a cheque made out to the firm and booked his passage to Sydney under an assumed name. He was arrested there. Mr. Hardie Boys said Algar had not stolen the money. The money belonged to him, and he had adopted, a procedure which might seem rather extraordinary to make sure that he was not done out of it.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1934, Page 5
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