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DEFY ACCOUNTANT'S SKILL. It" Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, Friday. John Crisp,-solicitor, of Palmcreton, on remand, was brought up this morning and charged with failing to keep books within the past (three years sufficiently setting forth his business transactions and financial position. Robert F. Algie, public accountant, said the bonks failed sufficiently to disclose the financial position. He would 'say it was impossible at any time within the past three' years to ascertain from the books accused's position, and to obtain a, clear and definite exposition would require a complete reconstruction of the accounts. The cash book had never been correctly balanced and did not reconcile with the bank pass book. Crisp reserved his defence, and was committed for trial.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 283, 2 May 1914, Page 5
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121A LAWYER'S BOOKS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 283, 2 May 1914, Page 5
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