POSTMAN SENT TO GAOL
LETTERS AND MONEY STOLEN Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. “I am not able to look lightly on a charge of theft against a postal officer, from packets entrusted to him," said Mr. E. Page, S.M., when sentencing William George McLean, aged 26, a postman, on seven charges of theft from letters containing money, totalling £l6 ISs 6d. "The safety of the postal service, and the integrity of its officers, seem to be matters of paramount importance," said 'the magistrate. Accused was sentenced to six months’ gaol.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1013, 2 July 1930, Page 16
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89POSTMAN SENT TO GAOL Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1013, 2 July 1930, Page 16
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