CHEQUE FRAUDS
(By Telegraph—Press Association). AUCKLAND, May 14. Described by his counsel as a man whose credentials were as high as those of any other accountant m the Dominion, Bernard Sidney Spencer, aged 31 years, an accountant, come before the Police Court for sentence on, three charges of obtaining sums of £j2,7, Bs, £4B Is lid, and £25 i9s 'lod by cheque from a- city firm by falsely representing that he had paid these sums for income tax. Magistrate Hunt said that the. Probation Officer had recommended probation: “With his arm as it is, the man is practically a cripple,” said Mr Hunt. “He has new lost his professional status and I think the ends of justice will 'be met if I place him on probation for two years, and order him to make restitution of £97 within two months.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1930, Page 2
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