ACCOUNTANT’S THEFT.
MONEY LOST ON RACEHORSES. (Per Prf.s's Association' ) MASTERTOY May 1. : At. tho Magistrate’s Court to-day, 1 Henry Percy Cooke, accountant i»’ the Borough Gas Office. pleaded guilty to the theft of £SOO. the property of the Borough Council. Tn a statement to the police, he said that, he was pressed, by creditors and took the money from the cash to help him out. He began gambling on race horses and took more money, intending to pay it. back, but he got further into the mire. Cook was committed for sentence to Wellington.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17029, 1 May 1923, Page 8
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