THEFT OF £200,000
BY SYDNEY SOLICITOR
(Australian Press Association.)
■ SYDNEY, August. 13.;. , i A prominent Sydney solicitor, William Clegg, and Mrs Smith, his clerk, who were' indicted on many charges of fraud and misrepresentation, were today convicted at the Quarter Sessions, after & prolonged trial.;,,,. .
The woman was „• recommended to mercy. ( .
Clegg Was sentenced to foil! ycai's’ imprisonment. Mrs Smith was released on a bond to . bn of good behaviour for three years, The Judge said that it was quite obvious that the woman; came under the control and influence of Clegg, whose defalcations, according to the police, amount to two hundred thousand sterling.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1931, Page 5
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103THEFT OF £200,000 Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1931, Page 5
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