Accountant stole
1 PA Timaruj A chartered accountant who pleaded guilty to the ■heft of $7150 by mis I -■ oropriation was convict-d .and remanded on bail for sentence when he appeared! • in the Magistrate’s Court it I •Timaru yesterdav. I The defendant, who was, ■granted continued : ”taiimi I suporession of name, was said to have stolen the' (money from accounts he ran : on behalf of two farmers. The court was told that
qthe defendant had issued 331 'cheques which took the :i money from the com-i (plainaints’ account, and he I (paid this into his own ? account. : I When interviewed, he had "blamed the high cost of livt ing for his actions. Defence counsel. Mr R. J. i Robinson, said he underi stood a further charge would ( be laid against the defendi ant, whose affairs were being investigated by the ; Society of Accountants,
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Press, 11 October 1979, Page 6
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