THEFT ADMITTED.
POSTAL OFFICERi COMMITTED FOR, SENTENCE. (by TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, June 16. The theft of £l6O was admitted by James Thomas Foster Howartli, who pleaded guilty at the Police Court to a charge of having stolen £B2 7s Bd, the property of the New Zealand Government at Tuakau. He gave a farmer a, receipt for that amount, but failed to hand the money in, destroying the duplicate of the receipt. Accused, in a statement, admitted that he had misappropriated other sums to a total of £167 while a postal officer at Tuakau. He admitted that the money was lost in betting. Accused was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 June 1924, Page 7
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111THEFT ADMITTED. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 June 1924, Page 7
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