MONEY DISAPPEARED.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19353, 5 September 1934, Page 8

MONEY DISAPPEARED.

SALESMAN’S EXPERIENCES. GIRLS CHARGED WITH THEFT. DRINKS AT HOTEL AND CABARET. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Trial by jury was elected by two well-dressed girls who appeared before Mr Page, S.M., to-day, charged with the theft of £ls from Kennth Haywood Taylor May, of New Plymouth, salesman. The accused were Ruby Balliffy (26), and Olive May Fletcher (24). May, in evidence, said he met the two accused in the lounge of the Regent Hotel. After shouting for them he took them to dinner. He had never met them before, and did not know their names. He accompanied them to a cabaret at Lyali Bay, where they had drinks and supper. After supper he felt ill, and on the way to town he had to leave the taxi. Accused were very concerned, and did their best to assist him, but when he got back to the taxi they were not there. On reaching the hotel he found that his money was not in his pockets. He said he had about eight drinks at the Cabaret, and did not recollect how much he spent on liquor. When he ordered the drinks he might have handed the money over to the girls. He did not know who paid for the taxi on the return. At this stage the case was adjourned until to-morrow.