THEFT FROM DEPARTMENT
TWO EX-RAILWAYMEN PLEAD GUILTY.
(by telegraph—press association.) CHRISTCHURCH, May 12. Pleading guilty to the theft from the Railway Department of sums totalling £7763, two ex-servants of the Department, Gordon Gavin Watson, and John James Neilsen, who came before the Supreme Court to-day, were remanded till to-morrow morning for sentence. There are fifteen charges against them, including six of having forged signatures on paysheets. Ti trial is proceeding of Michael Lyons, who pleaded not guilty to the theft, of £1193 and to six charges of forgery.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 12 May 1927, Page 9
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88THEFT FROM DEPARTMENT Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 12 May 1927, Page 9
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