A CHARGE OF DESERTION
ARREST OF A .CHRISTCHURCHRESIDENT. [From Ouk Coiuiesfondent.] DUNEDIN, Feb. 17. At the Police Court to-day Edgar Allan Roper was charged with attempting to leave the colony without making provision for the maintenance of his wife, Edith Mary Roper, of Christchurch. Chief-Detective Campbell, in asking for a remand to Cbristchurch, explained that the accused had been -arrested by ActingDetective Hill on Saturday- evening. Mr Sim, who appeared for the accused, offered no objection to the application, but asked that, as the accused had some business to transact in Dunedin, he should not be remanded to appear at Christchurch. before Friday next. The police '■ consenting, the accused was remanded accordingly, bail being allowed in. his own recognisance of £100 and in one surety of a. similar 1 amount.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7330, 17 February 1902, Page 3
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130A CHARGE OF DESERTION Star (Christchurch), Issue 7330, 17 February 1902, Page 3
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