COURT NEWS
MAN FOR SENTENCE
FORGED BANK WITHDRAWAL RECEIPTS.
TIMARU, March 2. ! In the Timaru Magistrate’s Court to* day, before Mr C. R. Or r-Walker, S.M.j Leslie Alwyn Olson M’Kenzie appeared on (three charges of forging and uttering Post Office withdrawal receipts on July 10, July 20' and' August 1, 1931.
i ‘ Sergeant Hodgson said that M’Kenzie was a married man with onei 'child and had been separated from his wife for some time. In July he obtained his mother’s bank book and oh July 10 obtained l£B 15s, .July 20, £lo' 10s, and August 1, £lO. (Nicholas D. Mangos, accouutaiit at the .Post Office, Timaru, said that Mrs M’Kenzie made complaint on February ,17 last that she was unable to hnd her pass book and made application for a new one. An inspection oft the ledger card showed . that . withdrawals had been made. Mrs M’Kenzie made a further complaint that she had riot made these withdrawals. A total amount of £29 5s had been withdrawn without her authority. John Somerville, a clerk . yt the Money Order and Savings Bank, Timaru, whose initials were on the withdrawal receipts, produced the receipts which gave authority for payment of the amounts shown. j
Constable J. . Devlin said that onj [February. 28, in i company with Detbc-i tire , Stndhofm£, he ; hnd interviewed accused in, Ire fere,nee to the charfes. M’Kenzie Was frank about the matter and .stated : that, at; the': beginning of July (he drew poor; wages and was unable to keep; his wife and child. iH,e admitted all the t'harges. VW-• ■ • M’Kenzie pleaded . guilty on each charge and * wa’s corhinitt.cd to the Supreme Court for sentence.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 March 1932, Page 3
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