SUPREME COURT.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 132, 3 December 1908, Page 8

SUPREME COURT.

IPBESB ASSOCIATION.] IXVERCARGILL, List night. Reginald Day, late secretary of the Charitable Aid Board, was re-tried at the Supreme Court. to-day on the charge of having misappropriated the Board's funds. After evidence on similar lines to that given at the former trial, the jury found accused guilty on a charge of having fraudulently omitted to make entries in respect of two sums mentioned in the indictment, hut not guilty of stealing theso sums stated. His age is 35 years. Asked if lie had anything to say Day said: "Your- Honor, in passing sentence I shall be glad if you will take into consideration the way in which 1 paid attention to my work. I had no experience in the matter of book-keeping and at times I got a long way behind with this part' of my work. Mistakes occurred in addition and in banking. It can be shown that I never knew how I was getting on, especially in getting out the balance-sheet. The outside portion of the work, attention to out-door relief, and the prosecution of illegitimate cases and such work, I did faithfully. Book-keeping I was never able to do. I shoxild bo pleased if you will tako that into consideration. I say yet, that I did riot tako that money intentionally : it. was a blunder. The books will show from the beginning to end that there weni ( blunders and this was a blunder." He was a married man with four small children and lie was practically penniless. He was sentenced lo twelve months' hard labour.