ARREST OF A GOVERNMENT INSURANCE CLERIC.
[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WEtiMsGtou, Mdy 8. A telegram was received by the officer m charge of the Wellington Police Station this morning, conveying the intelligence that William C. M'Dermott, ex-clerk of the Government Inauranoo Department, had boon arrested at Oemaru, ami remanded to Wellington, by virtuo of a warrant obarging him with (ho ombozzlomont of funds belonging to tho departmont m which bo was rooontly employed. Oahahu, M»y 8, > ' William Cliarloi M'Darmott, who hvi boon arrested hero on a oharj/o of arnbe&zling £10 belonging to tho uurernmanb Insaraooo Department, wai formerly a olerk m that department. The tn'mny was embezzled aboat » year *.%<>. Wan auppoHed to havo nomo hare hy t&ilihg ' vosaol a few wcolch ago, and pawsl ander the namo of Hohinnon. ll>i wait arrested at Kakanui, a few rnilca from Oarnvn, on Monday. night by Dotoetivs O'Brien, brought boforo tho Kciiidcrit M i^iatrato's Court yoatorday, and rornanded to Wellington. M'JJiirmott, who i;-* nupnoscl to bo well connectc 1 m Victorii, where his father is a leading darrigter, doei not deny that he is the man wanted, ant that be committed the offence. Ho wu asat north to-day.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XX, Issue 106, 8 May 1884, Page 2
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