FORGERY AND THEFT
ACCUSED FOUND GUILTY.
THREE YEARS’ HARD LABOUR
Invercargill, November 16.
Ernest Mubin Gilmour was found guilty on two charges of forgery and four of stealing money totalling £l6OO belonging to the state of the late Emily Clark. Mr Justice Sim, in summing up, said it was quite clear that the accused had drawn moneys from the Post Office under power of attorney and used them for himself. The jury ought to convict unless thev believed the accused’s story that Mrs Clark had given him the moneys as a gift.
In passing sentence the Judge said that Gilmour had used his power of attorney to carry out wholesale thefts, and it was impossible to consider probation. He was sentenced to three years’ hard labour for forgery and two years on each of the other charges, the sentences to be concurrent.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 17 November 1927, Page 8
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142FORGERY AND THEFT Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 17 November 1927, Page 8
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