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NORMANBY TOWN BOARD. ;■ A CLERK’S DEFALCATIONS. - » "l * 1 . » . 3f-\ (Per . Diana Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, November 27, ' ‘ Guilty, with a ‘very ■'strong 1 recoin* mendation to'mercy, in view of the uhJ businesslike methods .of .handling money and The general lads of ordinary pyecaution to ' keep a balance—-such waS the verdict - returned . against Donald Alexander Stewart, formerly clerk of th* .Normanby Town Board, indicted origin, ally, on 29. counts with receiving between April, 1027, and "June, 1030, various sums for the board and .fraudulently failing to enter in the books; material particulars of the moneys, credited ,t<i the board’s account by the Treasury and, the Public Works Department. ■ ITwo counts. were withdrawn.. .The -. Chief Justice, (Mr - Justice -Myers) deferral sentence! till Saturday, saying * that th* recommendation had' everytEing to support ::il. ' - V.- -v - *
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21195, 28 November 1930, Page 10
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