ACCOUNTANT’S DEFALCATIONS
ACCUSED ADMITS GUILT.
Wellington, Nov. 16.
Defalcations amounting to £530 were admitted in the Police Court by Donald McLeod Wilson, a salesman, in Kirkcaldie and Stains, drapers. Accused was appointed assistant accountant in April, 1924, at £7 weekly. His practice, according to the evidence, was to steal cash and make out valueless cheques for the amounts. On November 9 he admitted the offence and surrendered to the police. To them he made a statement that some of the money was used to repay a debt of £2OO owed to the firm and the rest was spent on gambling. Wilson, the police said, had given every assistance in clearing up the matter. Accused pleaded guilty and was committed for sentence. Bail of £250, with one surety of £250 wap renewed.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 17 November 1927, Page 8
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