THE POST OFFICE ROBBERY
WIMSETT FOUND ‘‘NOT GUILTY."
[Pee Peess Association.] WELLINGTON, September 1. The fifth day of tho trial of Arthur F. Wimsett, charged with complicity in the robbery from the parcels post office in January last, was entered upon to-day. Accused’s wife related a conversation she had with Hemingway in gaol. Witness spoke of her husband’s arrest, and asked Hemingway what he was going to do. Hemingway replied, “I am going into the box to give Wimsett five solid years, as ho has given to me.” She replied, “How can you do that?” Hemingway answered, “I am in for five years. What with you giving stuff to the detectives, and Arthur with his long tongue and telling the detectives I ivas in Sydney, I am here.” He added that a detective told him Wimsett had given information away. Several witnesses testified to the good character of Wimsett. The trial came to a conclusion this afternoon. Without leaving the box the jury found Wimsett not guilty, adding that the trial left no stain on his character.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19090902.2.31
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2596, 2 September 1909, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
177THE POST OFFICE ROBBERY Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2596, 2 September 1909, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. 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 the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in