INSURANCE ACCOUNTANT
CHAEGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT. IBr lUetrrasn.—Press A tisncfuUaa.) Auckland, March 3. In the Police Court William Charles HutchingS, aged forty-six, for some years chief accountant in the Sun Insurance office, Auckland, pleaded, guilty to having stolen, between January 1, 1911, and January 3, 1915, £1723 18s. 2d belonging to the company. Hutchings had been with the company since 1892, and was regarded as exemplary in the business He had been operated on for appendicitis, and had considerable sickness-in his family. Mr. Morrison, accountant, gave evidence that there had.been irregularities in accused's acoour.ts throughout four yeart, the shortages ranging from £5 to £150. Detective Scott said he. believed accused was addicted to the use of drugs. Accused was committed to the Supreme Court.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2400, 4 March 1915, Page 6
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123INSURANCE ACCOUNTANT Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2400, 4 March 1915, Page 6
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