APPEAL DISMISSED.
“ Prisoner Was Properly ! Convicted.” COURT'S DECISION'. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 28. The Appeal Court delivered judgment to-day in the case of James Milward Houston, who applied for leave to appeal from his conviction upon 45 counts relating to the alleged receiving of certain moneys and failure to account for them to John Burns and Co., Ltd. The Court dismissed the application, without calling upon the SolicitorGeneral to reply. The Chief Justice said that, upon a true construction of the agreement entered into by thei 4 parties, the prisoner was required to account for and pay to John Burns and Co., Ltd., the landed cost of goods sold by him, plus 15 per cent. If the prisoner -was required to account and he fraudulently omitted to do so, he committed theft and was properly convicted. The question as to whether or not proper accounts had been kept by him was one for the jury, who had answered it in the negative. Judges Reed, Ostler and Johnston agreed in this view. An application filed by the prisoner himself for leave to appeal against the sentence imposed was also dismissed.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20343, 28 June 1934, Page 9
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190APPEAL DISMISSED. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20343, 28 June 1934, Page 9
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