TOWN CLERK’S THEFT
IMPRISONMENT FOR TWELVE MONTHS
teßßSS'issaotATtoa raasoßAX.) - AUCKLAND, October 5. Haying-admitted theft as a servant ofiSUftis totalling £390, .Cecil Richard Wilkinson, aged 36. formerly town Clerk of Glen Eden, came before Mi Justice Fair for sentence this morning. After hearing an appeal by counsel, Mr Bryce Hart, in mitigation, his Honour said that, the offences occurred «h4ctl dally t or a period of she 'months, and the amounts taken increased w Qek t by week. It wftS a, Bsinful8 sinful case, but not one for proba* on. The' prisoner had abused a [position cf tfUsK His Honour said he took into account that Wilkinson had been In financial difficulties because of his Wife’s illhealth,' ■■ and- the. assistance he had, given in the investigation. He imposed a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment. '
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21906, 6 October 1936, Page 15
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