FAILURE TO

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 643, 22 September 1933, Page 4

FAILURE TO

YOUNG MAN'J • MISAPPROPRljj OF STOREM KAINGAI LENT MONEY^I j A fofestr'y Wdfker I T'ier, pkaded guilty'J charge before Mt, || S.M. in the Rotort!j| Court yesterday tioJ uleritiy omittihg to j I amount of £33 14s jl I saies of a store con{J3 | Camp 60/6 on accouuJ iels, storekeeper, KaiJ cused was representeS Potter. I Gordon Murray DaJ er, Kaingaroa, Said M ernment eontract. to Forest camps with sqJ camp. Until about thel the sub-store at ■Gamjl pervised hy a man J who had heeii transjl other camp; the accaJ control of the store. ti Jiiiie the returhs hajl and he detailed the J which had been seht y iiig July ahd AugUs^l rettirris forwarded b/j cash was forthcoMlfl}J made inquiries and ari assistant hookkeeperj check up the cash aiid] hookkeeper had bronja •of stock at the store?! a deficiency of £63 14s 1 her 12 a letter of gl handed to him by hisa signed by the aeeuseJ no authority to retaiDjJ ceeds of sale and iaj| wages, other iarratgd perisatioii for his contrl having been made. | Offer of PiJ In reply to Mr. Potfe] ed that accused had teJ for about 12 monthsl entitle him to only 10s J he was promoted to ij foreman of the caihpli he increased to lOsaj apparently a reliable admitted the oifence ;| any trouble." He yl voluntary offer of repaJ ing to £9 a month, leal month for his mess J penses. He had no ih| had spent the nioney. I

Gave Every M John Blair, assistaiifl the employ of Mr. Dal garoa, gave evidence 1 ceived instructions fr«| er to check the stock 1 60/6 store on SeptemteJ the stock worth £16 8i I £6 12s 8d. Accused agl was a correct list ofl cash on hand at the til amount of goods over J iod was £107 14s Sd,l September 11, £20 1?J received from accused | defidiency £63 14s 10ij been quite frank over c| admitted his guilt. Hell r sports of accused prJ Theft Admitted J Constable A. J. ffil he interviewed accused J Police Station on Sep!-| that Tier admitted taka for his own nse andil every assistance in thel invoices had been chectl ence of Blair and him:l ed iadmitted them as cca •then made a statemffil said that he had heeal camp at 10s a week,| made a leaefing hani 11 been 10s a day. He hadl trol of the store and f:l tuni at the end of Jrl wages had been incra the custom of comingl week-endis and had !rl friends and this had n::| ed. He had later foundl of money and had cok| money from the store iM his needs. He had sp2| on his trips to Eotowl trip to Auckland. Witl accused had been inthl about 15 months andbl the police any troubkl period. | Accused was comniiti preme Court at AucKl ence. J