CHARGE OF THEFT.
CITY COUNCIL CASHIER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, March 30. The cashier in the traffic inspector’s office of the City Council, named Moncey Thomas, was charged before the Magistrate yesterday with, between July 11, 1919, and January 22, 1922, stealing £476 Ils lOd belonging to the Wellington City Council. Accused is a single man, aged 25. The traffic inspector said that Thomas had been employed by the council about ten years. It was his duty to receive all moneys paid in for licenses issued and motor registration, and he should have paid the money to the city treasurer every day and prepared a schedule in duplicate showing the amounts received each day. The schedule was signed by the traffic inspector or some responsible officer. James Ward, Government auditor, said that he had just completed the audit of the books and discovered the defalcations. There had been an audit in 1919-20 and they had not been discovered. Accused, in a statement, said that he kept no record of the moneys taken. His salary was £lB6 per annum. He had spent the money. It was explained that carbon records had always been kept by the accused, but he did not account for the money received. Accused pleaded guilty, and was committed to the upreme Court for sentence. Bail was refused.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1922, Page 5
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