THEFT OF £414
GOVERNMENT CLERK SENT TO GAOL t-'OT CASE FOR PROBATION Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. The theft, as a servant, of £414 brought Thomas George Gillespie, 49 » clerk in the Lands Department for over 2? years, before the Chief Justice, the Hon. M. Myers, ' n the Supreme Court for sentence today. hearing counsel, his Honour aui the case was not one in which ai ]y court could graut probation. PunUfcment, after all, was something jfiore than mere punishment for the ( offender, and the deterrent * “ect had to be considered. A sen- j T ence of 12 months* reformative | UEtenUon was imposed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 727, 29 July 1929, Page 1
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102THEFT OF £414 Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 727, 29 July 1929, Page 1
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