ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 45, 1 February 1924, Page 3

ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.

Auckland, Jan. 31. At the Police Court to-day, James Wilson, aged 38, town clerk of Devonport, and Greta Tui Ingham Faulbaum, aged 21. borough office cashier, pleaded not guilty, reserved their defence, and were committed for trial on a charge of the theft of £760. the property of the Borough Council. According to the evidence of the Mayor (Mr. T. Lamont), the female accused admitted that Wilson had sometimes borrowed a little money from the borough funds, for which he had given her cheques on his own account. Witness heard the female accused say Wilson always asked her to hold the cheques he gave her for money advanced from the borough funds. She said she had let him have £5 and £l.O and sometimes £2O and £5O out of the cash, for which he gave her cheques to hold. She admitted holding cheques for Wilson totalling £lOO and sometimes £3OO. She had once banked one of his cheques for £B5 against his orders, and Wilson had been very angry about it. It was understood that the cheque was lodged but the bank returned i.t, as there was nothing to meet it. Witness had remonstrated with the female accused concerning her loyalty to Wilson and her disloyalty to the council. She did not speak. It was now ascertained that the shortage was approximately £354. Witness heard Wilson admit to th© auditor that he had been gambling for heavy stakes. Bail was allowed.