SUPREME COURT
NAPIER SESSIONS CATERER FOR SENTENCE [ Per Press Association. ] NAPIER, Oct. 27. In the Supreme Court al Napier, William James Hyde ,a former caterer, was found guilty on charges of failing to keep proper books of account and also contracting debts without having reasonable expectations of paying them. Hyde, a member of a. firm of caterers to public works camps, filed a petition in bankruptcy in November last, a subsequent meeting of creditors deciding that the position be investigated. He was remanded till Friday for sentence. Another prisoner, John William McClure, who was to have appeared for trial on charges of escaping from lawful custody and breaking, entering and theft, pleaded guilty and was remanded for sentence.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 256, 28 October 1937, Page 8
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118SUPREME COURT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 256, 28 October 1937, Page 8
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