FRAUD AND THEFT.
COMPANY DIRECTOR CONVICTED. GUILTY OF 54 CHARGES. AUCKLAND, Saturday. The trial of James Milward Houston, company director, aged 44, on 'charges of fraudulently failing to account for money and of theft, ended last evening. The Jury, after a lengthy retirement, .found Houston guilty on 54 of the charges against him, and acquitted him on six. It was alleged that between October, 1928, and February, 1933, the accused had omitted to account for £1755, which he had received on behalf of John Burns and Company, Limited; and that he stole various sums from Hobart-Borkel (N.Z.), Limited.His Honour remanded accused for sentence on Monday morning.
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Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19016, 5 August 1933, Page 5
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