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FAILURE TO ACCOUNT

Further Charge Against Ex-Solicitor Dominion Special Service. Palmerston North, January 16. Pleading not guilty to a charge of failing to account to George Arthur Wilton for £93/8/4. thereby committing theft, Alan James McLeavey. exsolicitor, of Palmerston North, was committed to the Supreme Court at Palmerston North for trial by justices of the peace in the Magistrate’s Court this morning. Accused, who was recently committed for trial on a charge of stealing £942/15/2, reserved his defence. He was released on the same bail as for the previous charge. George Arthur Wilton, retired farmer. of Palmerston North, said accused had' acted as his solicitor until suspended by the New Zealand Law Society. He had collected rent from the tenant of a Palmerston North house and interest money from two farmers at Rangiotu on whose farms witness had liens. McLeavey was supposed to pay the money received from these sources to witness or into the bank to the credit of witness. Ernest Bertram Jennings, public accountant. said lie had examined McLeavey’s cash book, ledger and transfer journal. He gave details of money received by accused for rent and interest. and said tlie total amount due to Wilton was £93/8/4. When accused’s trust account was closed there was not sufficient money in it to meet 'the amounts due to Wilton. He thought that the balance in tlie account was about £7O.

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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 96, 17 January 1935, Page 10

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FAILURE TO ACCOUNT Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 96, 17 January 1935, Page 10

FAILURE TO ACCOUNT Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 96, 17 January 1935, Page 10

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