PUBLIC OFFICIAL ARRESTED.
ADMITS EMBEZZLEMENT ' " -''-FUNDS.
• Mr. .William L. Lockhart, eleik to the Otahuhu Road Board, was apprehended last night in an Auckland hotel by-4p|| tective ; Kennedy Upon the serious chmrajf of. stealing £10,. the : propeity of Inboard. Accused, was brought before lli[. T. Hutchison, S.M., this morning at'tfii' Police Court, and Chief Detective Gratt'-' applied for a week's remand, statin;. that the auditor was now going througa the. accounts', and he. was informed ihc-r,-were in a bad way. | ' Asked if he had any objection to iV remand, Lockhart, who appeared to fed his position keenly, replied ,in five, andy added.,.- "|; jdeacl' ;! guilty^Yoirsi ,' ;'" '''"'"..':.,""' ~..'. -|s| The case Was adjourned for a week...'
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 109, 8 May 1903, Page 4
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