COUNCIL SERVANT.
GUILTY OF THEFT AND FORGERY (Per United Press Assn.) INVERCARGILL, Last Night. In the Supreme Court today, Charles Martin Todd, married, aged 30 (formerly employed in the office of the Southland County Council) stood his trial on charges of stealing, as a servant, the sum of £44 ss. the property of the Council, and of forging nine pay sheets. After a two hours retirement, the jury returned with a verdict of guilty on all charges, with a strong recommendation to mercy on account of the lack of checking and supervision in the Council office. Todd was remanded till Wednesday morning for sentence.
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Inangahua Times, 6 November 1934, Page 3
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