INCOME TAX FRAUDS.
LARGE SUMS INVOLVED. TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT. LONDON, Oct. 20. When two city merchants named Morrison and Griffiths were charged at the Old Bailey with defrauding the revenue of £30,000 by furnishing false incometax returns, it was disclosed that their book-keeper had discovered the frauds, but the prisoners had paid him £1750 to keep quiet. Morrison, who is 71 years old, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Griffiths, who is 57, was sentenced to three months. The jury asked the Judge to be lenient, because Griffiths had assisted the prosecution inquiries, and was also in illhealth owing to the trial. It was announced that the worry had killed Morrison's wife. Both men had borne excellent reputations in the city previously. Two brothers, named Sudborough, who are bootmakers at Northampton, were sentenced to a year's imprisonment each for defrauding the revenue of £37,000 and £20,000, respectively. The Judge refused to- consider the plea that their operatives would be unemployed if accused wißre imprisoned.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19783, 2 November 1927, Page 11
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164INCOME TAX FRAUDS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19783, 2 November 1927, Page 11
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