Charge Against Rabaul
p. 41 · Read in the full issue
Solicitor.
From Our Own Corretpondent.
Rabaul, July 1.
A CASE which has caused interest here came up for hearing- at the District Court before Mr. W. B. Ball, A.D.I., on June 26 and 28, when Francis Leonard Flannery was charged with stealing in April, 1932, £800, the pro perty of the Guinea Airways, Ltd., for which he was acting as solicitor.
Evidence for the prosecution was called, Flannery appearing on his own behalf and reserving his evidence.
The defendant was committed for trial to the Central Court, Rabaul, on July 10.
Bail was allowed in two sureties, of himself and another, of £100 each.