How Army Sergeant Got Rich Quick
Received Wednesdav, 7 p.m. LONDON, May 12. When a claini by Charles Henry Iteading, a former sergeant in the Roval Army Medical t'orps, for tlie return of £18,000 allegedly wrongly seized bv the Crown, canie before the King's Bench Division, Sir Hartley j Klmwcross, Attorney-tieueral, claimed l that the suin was' part of £20,000 allegedly received by lieading as bribes during his wai* service in Egypt. Sir Hartley said that although Reading's pa}- was only £5 10s weekly, he lived in an expensive flat and ke'pt a motor car worth £1500. When Reading's flat in Oairo was searched by miiitary police, £7000, mostly in £100 Egyptian nutes, was fonnd. Reading subsequent l.v admitted he had been receiving \'ery large sums for riding on certain lorries whieh he believed to be carrying whi.sky. On these occasions Reading wore his army uriiforni and as a result the lorries were allowed to pass without being searched. Reading was charged with nine olfenees under the Army Act and convieted on each one Ity an Anuy court martial. AI r. Justiee Denning said that when lie obtained this nioney, Reading was a servant of the Crown and was therefore aeeountable to tlie Crown for it. The petition was disinissed.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 May 1948, Page 5
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