A SERIOUS CHARGE.
AGAINST A POSTAL OFFICIAL
(Pt-/- I'; ■ess Associatiou—Cojujritjht)
(Received December 17, 11 a.m.)
Sydney, This day
John Hughes Carter, relieving postmaster at . Wickham, has been arrested on a charge of stealing £ IG2 of Government moneys. Yesterday morning Carter was found lying in a dazed condition. The safe, containing over £'2oo, was ransacked. Carter told the police that he was aroused early in the morning by a man entering his room, who struck him a heavy blow on the head, which rendered him insensible. Subsequent investigations led to Carter's arrest. The sum of £l6O was afterwards found hidden under a heap near the office.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 504, 17 December 1897, Page 3
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106A SERIOUS CHARGE. Hastings Standard, Issue 504, 17 December 1897, Page 3
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