SUPREME COURT.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, .Saturday. At the Supreme Court to-day John Scott, aged (il, was charged with falsifying a cash hook belonging to the Wellington Meat Export" Company. The indictment included a number of charge*. He was sentenced by Chief -justice Sir Robert Stout to nine 'months' imprisonment. Counsel, in pleading for leniency, said that accused's character had hitherto been stainless, and that he. j had been an industrious and dutiful citizen lie was married and had four child- | rem In 11)112 bo bad a salary of £50(1. but as the result of a retrenchment, it was reduced in 1!)()('» to ;Z\lim. .Vetoed was unable to cut dowa his standard of living, and then his troubles commenced. A young man named Wilson, alias Taylor, on a charge of fake pivlcnees,, was ordered to be sent to InvciVaigill for reformative treatment. I
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 74, 18 September 1911, Page 8
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143SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 74, 18 September 1911, Page 8
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