GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
WHOLESALE EMBEZZLEMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association, Wanganui, Last Night. A young man named W. Merson, lately in the employ of the Lands Department. Wanganui, was before the court to-day! charged with forgery and embezzlement The amount of the defalcations was stated to be some £IBOO, extending over many months. There were a very number of charges. The accused had apparently altered the wages sheets of The men working on the Para para road, so as to represent that more were employed than was rcaiiy the case, and then signed receipts for the wages so represented, drawing a cheque for the difference and keeping it himself. Accused pleaded guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Bail was refused. The prisoner was recently arrested in Wellington, when about to leave the Dominion.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 159, 22 November 1912, Page 5
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134GENERAL TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 159, 22 November 1912, Page 5
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