MISSING MONEY.
BOROUGH COUNCIL FUNDS. EX-TOWN CLERK CHARGED. ACCUSED'S DENIAL OF THEFT. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] INVERCARGILL. Tuesday, John Francis Walsh, ex-town clerk of the Mataura Borough Council,'appeared in the Supreme Court to-day on five counts of theit of moneys, totalling £224 7s 2d, from the borough funds. In his evidence accused denied having taken 'ihe money, but said he could not account for its being missing owing to the system employed in the office and the fact that the cash had not been balanced for a long period. It was possible for the money to have been overlooked, It might yet come to light. The case has not concluded.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19415, 25 August 1926, Page 14
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110MISSING MONEY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19415, 25 August 1926, Page 14
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