Found Guilty of Series Of Charges of Dishonesty
MERCY RECOMMENDED BY JURY AUCKLAND, Last isight. The trial of James Milward Houston, a company director, aged 44, on charges of fraudulently failing to account ror money and of theft, was concluded m the Supreme Court. The separate counts in the indictment numbered 04, chiefly alleging failure to account. The jury returned to say that they had foumi accused guilty on all the iirst 45 counts and on nine others. l in six they acquitted him. The lirst 4a counts were charges of receiving sums of money upon terms requiring aim to account for them to John Burns and Co., Ltd., and having fradulentiy omitted to do so. The otner charges o. which he was found guilty were o: thefts from Hobart Hcrkcl, Lte.., 1 allure to enter certain items in the !u of the company with intent to del mud, and as an officer of the company making a false statement of stock with, intent to deceive a creditor. 'i'lle jury recommended men-v, considering that the defa ■c-uaii.s sltouJd nave been discovered ca: mi. Prisoner was remanded c.r —a; cin e
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 August 1933, Page 3
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