THE SINGER FRAUDS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 73, 22 March 1912, Page 5

THE SINGER FRAUDS.

BOTH ACCUSED COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. CHARGES OF LARCENY. Sydney, March 21. The Singer case was continued. Brown and Macpherson reserved their defence, and were committed for trial. Bail was not asked. Brown was further charged with the larceny of £4O, and was remanded for two months. McPherson was then charged with stealing three sums of £l2 10s each. The acting manager produced a written confession, in the course of which McPherson stated that ever since he had held his present position he had been tampering with Hie company’s monies, and his defalcations would amount to about £6OOO. He would take the money and alter the cash-books in different ways in order to balance his accounts. Ho suggested getting Mr. Lough, from Christchurch, to straighten the cash-books, as he was the only officer in the company of sufficient experience. He supposed it was the old story' of hoping to make good the shortage and getting deeper into the mire. The general manager had warned him against races, but he was then in too deep to stop betting. The evidence of tfie branch manager showed that so far there had been discovered a shortage of £BOO more than the confession showed. McPherson admitted that the confession was true, and was committed for trial.