THEFT OF TRUST MONEY
r~4~ ; SOLICITORS SENTENCED.;
(By Telegraph —Press Association.) Chrlstchuroh, November 5. _ Two solicitors, guilty of misappropriation of moneys, were sentenced : to terms of imprisonment by Mr. Justice Sim at the Supreme Court this morning. Thomas Maude was convicted of the theft of £1000 from Elizabeth Barnett, and pleaded guilty to the theft of £2400 from James Copland. His I "Honour said ttiat \>oQy ofienccs ■were ot a serious nature and it was his duty to inflict a substantial term of imprisonment. Prisoner would ba sentenced to three years' hard labour on. each indictment, the terms to be concurrent!-,' Frank Bowring Turner, who had pleaded guilty to fraudulent conversion of £77 18s. id., belonging Anne Jean Burges, also came up for sentence. 1 His Honour • said that in regard to misappropriation of"-'-clients', moneys by solicitors the general rule waa that the prisoner must undergo imprisonment. Prisoner would be sentenced to six months' gaol. • •' ■ — . .
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2300, 6 November 1914, Page 7
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155THEFT OF TRUST MONEY Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2300, 6 November 1914, Page 7
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