FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE CHARGED
Cecil do Sevrno Dunn (47), at one time Chief of Pblice at ,Bt. Vincent.. "West Indies, pleaded guilty at the Surrey Assizes, Guildford, to fraudulently converting ,£202 to his own use from the London School of Economics. ITe was sentenced to six months imprisonment in the second division. His excuse was that he endeavoured to meet the present high cost of living by betting. Mr King, who prosecuted," snid that in May, 1925, prisoner was nppointeil secretary to the sports ground of the London School of Economics nt New Malden. In November he wrote to Professor Gutteridge admitting he had converted ,£2OO of tho money entrusted to him for alterations to the grounds to his own use. Tho same dav he absconded and went to Monaco. Extradition proceedings were opened against him, and he spent some three months in French prisons before being taken to England
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12549, 11 September 1926, Page 18
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151FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE CHARGED New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12549, 11 September 1926, Page 18
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