THEFT OF SMALL AMOUNT
A LAMENTABLE SLIP
HONOURABLE RECORD Press Association.— Copyright. Christchurch, May 11. A man who for over 40 years has had an honourable record as a schoolmaster, who is a justice of the peace and has been Dominion representative for his church, pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court to the theft of 9s 3d from the Mayor's relief distress fund on March 31. The accused was Johann Voss, aged 66, a retired schoolmaster of Spreydon. He was convicted and discharged, but on the magistrate's suggestion agreed to contribute £5 to the Mayor's coal and blanket fund. The magistrate said '■■' iva'i ;■ lamentable slip, due to soir. Dining ' -it might be called premature scnih' Voss had been employed in checking the collectors' boxes on the day of the Mayor's relief appeal and was noticed acting in a suspicious manner.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 241, 12 May 1933, Page 6
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140THEFT OF SMALL AMOUNT Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 241, 12 May 1933, Page 6
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