FORGERY AND THEFT CHARGES
FUNDS FOR RELIEF [Pee United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, October 11. Charges of the theft of some money granted from the Mayor’s 1* und for the relief of dependents of men imprisoned following the tramway strike cnstuibances and of forgery of receipts fm amounts misappropriated were laid against Herbert Edwin Barnsley in the Magistrate’s Court to-day. Barnsley, it was alleged, had been given a sum of 27s for distribution, and had failed to account for 21s. He had, it was alleged, forged receipts from the persons who should have received the money. He was also charged with the misappropriation of another amount of 9s. Ho pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial on the forgerycharges. On the summary charges of theft he was convicted and sentence was deferred. Bail was allowed in the sum of £IOO and one security of £IOO.
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Evening Star, Issue 21231, 12 October 1932, Page 2
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153FORGERY AND THEFT CHARGES Evening Star, Issue 21231, 12 October 1932, Page 2
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