BREACH OF TRUST
BANK CLERK SENTENCED. [ Per Press Association. ] CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 31. Embarrassed as the result of extensive gambling on horse racing Frederick George Findlay AlcKay, a clerk employed by the Bank of New South Wales, stole £3UO from the Grey mouth branch of the bank and subsequently committed a further theft of £29 from the bank at Christchurch. AlcKay appeared to-day at the {Supremo Court before the Chief Justice. On each charge he was sentenced to reformative treatment for twelve months, the sentences to be concurrent. In sentencing AlcKay, the Chief Justice said: “I recognise that in cases like this the very fact that a man of McKay’s position finds himself before the Court is a severe punishment in itself. The resulting degradation and loss of position is serious, but the Courts have to take into consideration something more than merely punishing the individual. They have to consider what will act. as deterrent to other persons. You chose to take up gambling, got into debt, and committed a breach of trust by stealing from your employers, and you must pay the penalty.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 412, 1 November 1930, Page 6
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183BREACH OF TRUST Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 412, 1 November 1930, Page 6
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