EXTRADITION ORDER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144197, 13 September 1913, Page 6

EXTRADITION ORDER.

A COMPLICATED CASE. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, Sept, 12. Whether Thomas Aubrey Jones should bo detained in New Zealand to support his wife, or whether he should bo sent to Sydney in regard to a charge of theft is a quostiMi which has bieu occupying the attention of the magisterial authorities in Auckland for some time past. Jones has been charged that at Tamvrorth, in Now South Wales, ho stole, in November last, £IOO. To-day the police officer from that State appeared and Chief-Detec-tive Mac Manon asked that Jones should bo extradited to Sydney. Mr. A. E. Skelton,.'who appeared for accused, opposed the request on the ground that Jones was now hold by the New Zealand Court. Ho bad been ordered to find security for compliance with a maintenance order for the support of his Wife, and was only allowed liberty so long ns bo reported himself daily to the police, and failure to do this would mean three months’ imprisonment. Counsel added that his client would bo able vo clear himself of the charge of theft, as it was only a matter of partnership accounts. Mr. R. A. Binger, who appeared for accused’s wife, further complicated matters by oiqiosing extradition proceedings as he wished to havo the maintenance order increased. After considerable argument, Mr. F. V. Fraser, S.M., said that accused, not having been convicted of any offence, was extraditable from New Zealand. A maintenance order could bo enforced in Australia, the New South Wales escort having promised to advise the department to keep an eye on the accused. At the termination of the proceedings in connection with the theft charge, an extradition order was made.