CASE TO ANSWER
AN AUDIT DECLARATION
ACCOUNTANT FOR TRIAL
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, 29th July.
| Arising out of the prosecution of H. J. M. Thomson, solicitor, of Jnglewood, recently sentenced for theft of £8000 trust money, Lawrence M. M. Monteath, accountant, of jS tow Plymouth, was to-day charged with making a false declaration in relation to a solicitor's trust account, and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. Bail was allowed.
The evidence was that Monteath bad made the usual declaration that he had personally audited Thomson's trust account, in which it was subsequently proved there were large deficiencies.
The "police allegation was that Monteath had not made a personal audit.
Monteath's solicitoi1, in asking for a dismissal of the charge, explained that Monteath had relied on an examination of the books by T. C. H. Nicholls, a registered accountant, and had made a declaration before a J.P. Counsel quoted authorities to show "personal examination" had a ■wider meaning.
The Magistrate decided that there was a case to answer.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 26, 30 July 1931, Page 14
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171CASE TO ANSWER Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 26, 30 July 1931, Page 14
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