CONVICTED HEADMASTER
NOT CONSIDERED GUILTY BY COMMITTEE.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, 7th September. Consideration was given by the Mercor Stroet School Committee to the case of Alfred Charles Hook, headmaster of the Mercer School, who was convicted in Auckland last Saturday for theft of a pair of socks. Hook was present, and gave an explanation, a copy of which is being forwarded, to tho Auckland Education Board. The following resolution was subsequently carried: "The committee has every confidence in Mr. Hook, and is unanimously of opinion that he is not guilty of the crime of which he was convicted. It is considered that the proceedings were too hasty, and that Mr. Hook was not given sufficient timo and opportunity to defend himself, especially considering his state of health caused by war service and the state of mind which such a charge would naturally cause. The committee trusts that the Edugp,ton Board will give Mr. Hook every possible consideration, and reinstate him in his former .position."
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 60, 8 September 1926, Page 10
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165CONVICTED HEADMASTER Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 60, 8 September 1926, Page 10
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