Probation for Reserve Bank Theft

Grey River Argus, 18 February 1949, Page 7

Probation for Reserve Bank Theft

WELLINGTON, Feb. 17. There were features in ,the. case which justified the court in regarding it as exceptional, said Mr Justice Fair in the Supreme Court, when Leslie Colin Veitch, aged 43, a bank clerk, appeared for sentence after pleading guilty to the theft of £265 12s 6d as a servant of the Reserve Bank. His Honour added that for many years the prisoner’s domestic life had imposed an almost intolerable burden upon him in which he had shown great forbearance and, indeed, generosity. His Honour admitted Veitch to two years’ probation and ordered restitution to be made from the superannuation funds to his credit. The loss of employment in such circumstances, after 25 years’ loyal service was in itself considerable punishment, said the judge; _______