SUPREME COURT.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1921, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

Inv iki.ecmapii—mat press association! AUCKLAND, Nov. 23, At the Supreme Court, AYilliam Leslie Foster was sentenc'd to olio years imprisonment tor theft and l**r receiving goads valued at £t)tl2 Ss , ,1. the property of bis employ,.-rs. Albert Edward Alarkwiek, formerly Town Clerk, of Wbangarei, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment foilin' t lie ft of £•’, 17. received by him on behalf of the Borough Council and the Whangarei branch „1 the Patriotic Association. In imposing tills sentence, .Justice Stringer said that Judges almost invariably. except in special eireiimstline's, refused to admit to probation men in positions of trust who abused that trust, lie couldn't allow the lad lliat resi it iii ion bad been made lo inilucti, e bis decision lo ally extent. IF v.mil,l be a most improper tiling if it could be supposed that because a Ulan happened lo have friends able and willing to assist him. lie should, in the eyes of the law, be in a more advantageous position than JVie who eouldn 1 make the losses good. William l.ankshear, Waters, delivery clerk, and Herbert Cummins, tally clerk, were found guilty oil charges of theft of goods valued ai JMS2 from the Queen’s Wharf shed. 1 A carter name,! William Com pi,m. . - who was himself convicted and senj teueed h.v the Magistrate for yoinplie.l ity ill the thefts, was the chief witness. | The jurv recommended Waters and * . Cummins t„ mercy on account of their ,* vnntli. Sentence was deterred.

JI’RGMENT RESERVED. N AIMER. Nov. 24. |u tlm Supreme Court action for fHi.dtlil sterling claimed liy Frank Harris against. Coromandel Granite Company, Justice Ghapman reserved his judgment.