BREACH OF TRUST.
SOLICITOR IN TROUBLE. COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE. , (Pee United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 11. . Lionel Lancelot Hitchings, aged 54, a solicitor, pleaded guilty to charges of failing to account for moneys amounting to £ls received on behalf of the firm of solicitors by whom he was employed. He said he had been in financial difficulties, and pressed by his creditors. He was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. The Magistrate, in fixing bail, said he must make it substantial, as the offence was much more serious than if committed by a layman, and Hitchings was a solicitor of the Supreme Court, and had betrayed his trust. Bail was allowed in £SOO and two sureties of £250 each. :
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19196, 12 June 1924, Page 9
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120BREACH OF TRUST. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19196, 12 June 1924, Page 9
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