THEFT OF £342
COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, This Day.
Pleading guilty to the theft, between December, 1937, and May, 1939, of amounts totalling £342 odd, Walter Kenneth Reeve, manager and secretary of the British and Foreign Trading Company, was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Bail was fixed at £150.
Charles D. Low, managing director, said that when he asked Reeve about a certain cheque Reeve said: "I have a confession to make. I have been wanting to make it for some time." He said he had been: manipulating the company's funds and wished to help clear up the matter. He had been employed by witness for ten years.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 133, 8 June 1939, Page 15
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113THEFT OF £342 Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 133, 8 June 1939, Page 15
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