EMBEZZLEMENT.
WELLINGTON, Jun e 17. David Errol Sutherland, formerly cm Jtloyed hy the Defence Department, ap- i ilea red at the Supreme Court for sentence, j having pleaded guilty to stealing a sum i of money totalling £IOO. General Diehard- j jon said the officer had a splendid record 5n the Expeditionary Force. He was *hoscn for leadership on account of It is character and general ability and capacity. He »as a worthy man and a good husband. He had been wounded and gassed.
Frank Erneny, another young man, also stood in the dock beside Sutherland, and had pleaded guilty to embezzlement of
j sums totalling £9O from the Official Assignee’s Office. The Judge expressed re- | gret at seeing a man with a record like j Sutherland befo,e him on such a charge I He said the prisoner was guilty of a gravti breach of trust. He sentenced both men to six months’ imprisonment.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3510, 21 June 1921, Page 48
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