THEFT OF MONEY
CLERK BEFORE COURT. SENTENCE DEFERRED. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, October 27. After a trial lasting the greater part of two days Trevor Grafton Smith, aged 19 formerly a clerk employed by the Onehunga Borough Council, was found guilty in the Supreme Court of the theft of £3O, the property of the Bank of New Zealand. The jury added a strong recommendation to mercy on account of accused’s youth and the strong temptation that confronted him. Accused was acquitted on charges of theft from the Onehunga Borough Council of sums totalling £274. It was alleged by the Crown that he obtained this money by means of falsified pay sheets with the then borough foreman as an accomplice. Sentence on the first charge was deferred.
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Southland Times, Issue 20012, 28 October 1926, Page 8
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127THEFT OF MONEY Southland Times, Issue 20012, 28 October 1926, Page 8
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