NRS 880 Supreme Court Papers and Depositions, Supreme Court Sydney and on Circuit [9/7189] R V Samuel Freeman and Others [AF00301604] - Flipbook - Page 85
service in trie course of a week. or two.
Saaior Detective
Walker and other detectives took them to the Central Police
Station.
4:3300 has ueen stolen aria none of it has been recov—
erea and the two principals are at arge.
Twiss also said
that ne'd been receiving themoney for the paymasters every
alternate Weanesday for the past 3 years and he did that duty
that day four weeks when the car was sz_ld to have been stolaL,
"uefore.
Tatham said yesterday ha could identify the man with
whom ha had the drink tn the hotel althou6h on the previous day
he said he could not laentify him.
To Mr. McIntosh
Some cars have been stolen in Sy, ney
the past
12 months L4nd one of Hollana's was stolen the other day. Mr.
Millen who is now in Court brought Tatham to the detective office
and reported the loss of the car on the occasion 4 weeks ago,
out Tatham uld not report it at the Detective Office this time.
At.er we got tne report of the robbery we heard of the loss of
the car at 2.32and the robbery had taken place about 10
Llil.utes before that.
an hour of it's •
The loss of the czx would be within half
reported. I don't think Tatham was in
the car ohan the robbery was committed •
tallies somewht.
To
the description
don't suggest it was Tatham.
Abigail
Thera were probably a dozen police officers present
when they were questioned and Walker and I asked them questions
uut there may have been an occasional question put by other
officers. Yr. Childs was there.
Soma newspaper reporters
spoke to me about it but I did not say that after questioning
Twiss it left no suspicion in my mind and I did not say the
statemexlts made by the persons engaged in shifting the money
to the workshops talllea in every detail. Twiss told me he
was in the railway service 4 or 5 years and I have no reason to
aoubt that.
I mLae no notes at the time and -nave given nly
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