TOWN CLERK EMBEZZLES (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
NEW PLYMOUTH, 19th May. In the Supreme Court to-day, Wiliiam De Grouchy Ogier was found guilty on six charges of embezzling the funds of the Inglewood Borough Council and the Moa Road Board, to wliich he had acted as clerk for some years. The amount of the defalcations was over £500. He pleaded financial difficulties, due to drink. The jury recommended him to mercy, on tho ground that ho -had repaid tho lnouey.. Sentence was deferred. ,
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 118, 20 May 1914, Page 10
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83TOWN CLERK EMBEZZLES (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 118, 20 May 1914, Page 10
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