THEFT ADMITTED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 101, 2 May 1938, Page 8

THEFT ADMITTED

LARGE SUM INVOLVED COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE ( Per Pros Association. 1 HAMILTON, April 29. Two charges of theft of money totalling £965 2s Bd, the property of the Oparau Dairy Company, were admitted by Charles Edward Crews, aged 48. company secretary, before Justices of the Peace in trfe Hamilton Police Court. Evidence was given that the accused was appointed secretary and organiser of the company in October, 1934, and that the thefts occurred between June, 1936, and November, 1936, by drawing cheques and debiting them to various accounts. Detec? tive While produced a statement in which it was alleged that the accused admitted stealing £965 2s 8d from the company.

have been responsible for the revivM, of the Oparau Company and for ar increase in its output and pay-out He also claimed that he had restorer the company’s plant to a state of efliri ency. In answer to Detective White the accused admitted that he had tampered with the books of the company. He admitted that he had spent some of the money on extravagant living, but said that some of the expenses should rightly have been » charge against the company. The accused was committed fo the Supreme Court at Hamilton for »en» tence next week.