THEFT OF £561
A PLEA OF GUILTY [ Per Press Association. ] AUCKLAND. July 13. | William Henry Pollock, 53, pleaded j guilty to-day to charges of stealing £561 from a timber company which employed him as secretary. He was committed for sentence. In a statement to the police Pollock said that after coming from Wellington he had to abandon the house he had been buying there. He lost the equity of about £6OO. In ‘ Auckland he found himself in difficul- , ties, and after March, 1931, took small sums, most of which he gambled away. The position got gradually worse and ’ he began betting for bigger sums, but ' enly got more deeply involved.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 164, 14 July 1933, Page 6
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110THEFT OF £561 Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 164, 14 July 1933, Page 6
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