SOLICITOR’S FRAUD

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 June 1928, Page 4

SOLICITOR’S FRAUD

FURTHER IMPRISONMENT TERM. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June 25. At the Supreme Court, sentence of three years’ reformative detention to be concurrent, with the term he is now serving, was imposed on an exsolicitor, John Henry Victor Mansill, by Justice McGregor, on a charge of j forging a memorandum of mortgage for six hundred pounds, and causing jit to be acted upon as genuine. Man|sill is at present serving a sentence of four years’ reformative detention. J It was stated that this forgery was one of those acts incidental to, misappropriation for which Mansill previously had been tried and sentenced. Mr Meredith, Crown solicitor, said the real reason for the charge was to assist a. civil action for the removal of the transfer from the register. His Honor said that had this charge been brought before Justice Blair when the other charges were, hp thought the sentence would, have heen heavier. STRUCK OFF ROLL. WELLINGTON, June 25. The Court of Appeal commenced a session this morning. In the absence of the Chief Justice, Justice Sim was acting Chief Justice. The other judges in attendance wore: Reed, Ostler, Blair and Smith. The Court granted an application to strike John Henry Victor Mansill, of Auckland, off the roll of practising solicitors. Attention was drawn to the fact that Mansill had recently pleaded guilty of several .charges of theft and one of forgery, Mr A. R. Meek appeared for the Auckland Law Society, which was allowed fifteen guineas costs.