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NZ Truth, Issue 1227, 6 June 1929, Page 5

HAD TO FACE MUSIC ■ -♦: •• • ■ ' EMBEZZLER SLATER SENTENCED BROUGHT BACK (From "N.Z.; Truth's" Wellington Rep.] Some time ago Douglas Milligan, Slater left this country for Australia for what is commonly termed "the good of his health." ; IP . it . was his intention to . evade punishment for a serious crime he ' had committed his little trip was futile . for he was ; arrested /m Sydney anc brought back to New Zealand. Slater appeared m the Wellingtor Supreme Court before the Chief Justice (Hon. M. Myers) for sentence or a charge of having" stolen the sum oJ £494 from Messrs. Douglas Coombs and Co., Ltd., his employers. . ! Slater was accountant for the firm and the thefts extended over a period. .-,.'. Mr. W. E. Leicester asked tlmt .his Honor deal as -'leniently ''-as possible with the. -prisoner.' . .;. Although Slater had left the country after the commission, of the crime; letj ters which "he had ■written, to *reiat-ivei clearly' indibated his intention of returning. ' / . ' •' ' . .-■■:'■• : Restitution had been, made'- to the ' extent Of £375. . .. ; His Honor sentenced, ; Slater to 18 months' reformative detention.- . Wood's Great Peppermint Cure ; :;Eor/ Children's -Haqking- ■Cough.*