ALLEGATION OF FRAUD.
CHARGE AGAINST TIMEKEEPER.
(Per Press Association.)
1 WELLINGTON, Friday. In the Supreme Court to-day charges of conspiracy to defraud against Andrew Gibson Taylor, ex-tomekeep-er in the employ of the cargo department of the Union Steamship Company, were heard. It was alleged that Taylor took advantage of his positon to, falsify time sheets by entering therein four fictitious names m respect of which £154 18s 10s in wages were paid out on behalf of the company, apparently through the offices of the Waterside Labour Employment Association. The jury, after a retirement of 90 minutes, returned a verdict of not A gu-'lty. Mr Justice Reed: Have you any objection to telling the grounds on which you brought in this ■vveridct? The Foreman: Lack of system in paying out wages. Mr Justice Reed said that the only view he could take was that the jury had not understood the case. He said that in future in such cases he considered the Crown should apply for a special jury. Mr Macassey (Crown Prosecutor) replied that he considered the case an extremely plain one and easily understood. In future he would apply for a special jury.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPO19210813.2.25
Bibliographic details
Waipa Post, Volume XX, Issue 1128, 13 August 1921, Page 5
Word Count
194ALLEGATION OF FRAUD. Waipa Post, Volume XX, Issue 1128, 13 August 1921, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Waipa Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in