ROBBING THE GOVERNMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 April 1917, Page 5

ROBBING THE GOVERNMENT.

HOSPITAL CLERK'S DEFALCATIONS, -)M By Telegraph.—Press'Association,' -..fflf Wellington, April i. xXgi In the Magistrate's Court to-day 4|lj Silsby, until recently clerk in the Mental '•>'' M Hospitals Department, pleaded guilty tI9 to forging the name of Dr.- Gray Haaall, £JB of the Porirua mental hospital, to it, j,|3jj Government voucher purporting to Wttt.'/Sfl authority for the payment of £B4 to one J. Thompson, and using the same forged document as if it were. Five other similar charges were made. .'JjJH| A detective stated that inqnlriet JMs«ra| ed that Silsby and)'J., Thompaon the same person. When arrested Bllaby'/'j|| had £2OOO in his possession. The*oWtii|| amount of the defamations, aa* far af'< *fi could be ascertained, was £2872 Si 84, '/J J The case is proceeding. tjWellington,, tart Night ''''M Chief Detective Boddam said acfluaaoV had over £2200 on him when arreated.' •, J' His modus operandi was to put among' .>Wi genuine vouchers certain forged 4oflWiVlj ments made -out is fayor of J. Vis son, who was identical with acepacLi' Fraud was discovered owing to ina«v'.}M curacy in the addition of the item* IkuM one voucher which waa referred back t»* '■§& Porirua and declared to be forgeryv Til* ' 17 j total defalcations were £2872, of wuteb. i.-/J& all but £394 has been recovered •" A .|