SUPREME COURT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 27, 16 September 1911, Page 6

SUPREME COURT.

WELL INGTON SESSIONS. ,Por Pi ess * Association.) 'Wellington, Scptomhcr 10. At flic Supreme Court to-day John Scott, aged 51, was charged with falsifying a cash,hook belonging to the 'Wellington Meat Export. Co., the indictment including a number ol charges. He was sentenced by the Chi if Justice to nine mouths ’imprisonment. Counsel, in pleading for leniency, said accused’s character had hitherto been stainless, and he. had been an industrious and dutiful citizen. Ho was hm’med and had four children. In 090-2 he had a Salary of £SOO, but is a result of retrenchment it was reduced in, 1906 to. £,‘loo. Accused was mi- : ajble tq cut down his standard of living, ai.ul ids- trouidcs commenced. - A young., man named Wilson, alias Taylor, on a charge of false pretences, was ordered to be sent to Invercargill for reformative treatment.