A SOLICITOR'S LAPSE.
LENIENT TREATMENT By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Yesterday. In tlie Supreme Court Charles Harden, who was found guilty of forgery and uttering, came up for sentence. It was stated that accused for fifteen years was Crown Solicitor at Westport. ' He gave way to drink, but made a fresh start at Palmerston North. He was then struck oflf the rolls for two years for not accounting for £l5O. Good conduct subsequently enabled him to be readmitted to practice in Auckland. In the present ease there was no intent to defraud. Mr. Justice Hosking said h£ believed the offence was not due tn criminal disposition and he recognised that prisoner would probably be again struck off the rolls. . Prisoner was admitted to probation for three years, conditionally that he did not enter a hotel unless on business and drank no intoxicating liquor, unless by a doctor's enters.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 February 1916, Page 8
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147A SOLICITOR'S LAPSE. Taranaki Daily News, 25 February 1916, Page 8
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