A MONTH’S HARD.
THEFT IN STATE DEPARTMENT. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, This Day. The theft of money totalling £3 10s, paid in as Social Security, was charged against Reginald Albert Lee, employed by the Land and Income Tax Department. Accused, who is aged 46, admitted the offence and was sentenced to a month’s hard labour. Accused had w'orked five jjnd a half years without a mark against him, it ivas stated, but up till a month ago he handled no money. The thefts were perpetrated in mail-sorting. Thero were others employed in the office, and fhe Magistrate (Mr J. L. Stout) remarked that suspicion had been thrown on other people also. It w r as money that had been paid in to the Department, and the people concerned had no proof that they had paid it, and they might be called upon to pay again.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 210, 13 June 1940, Page 4
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145A MONTH’S HARD. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 210, 13 June 1940, Page 4
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