CLERK BLACKMAILED
STOLE MONEY TO PAY ADMITTED TO PROBATION (Special to THE SUE) HAMILTON, Tuesday. Under pressure from a woman who blackmailed him, Colin Spalding Walker, aged 33, stole sums of money totalling i!7S from the Rotorua Borough Council, by which he was employed as assistant town clerk. When Walker appeared for sen-
tence before Mr. Justice Blair at the Hamilton Supreme Court to-day, his Honour took into consideration his past good record, the blackmailing incident and the fact that the sum stolen had been repaid in full. Walker was admitted to probation for three years, on condition that he paid the costs of the prosecution, £ll.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 599, 27 February 1929, Page 1
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107CLERK BLACKMAILED Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 599, 27 February 1929, Page 1
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