EMBEZZLEMENT. CASE AT AUCKLAND.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1361, 4 July 1885, Page 1

EMBEZZLEMENT. CASE AT AUCKLAND.

Extensive defalcations are alleged to have been discovered in the Accounts of one of the officers of the Auckland H.A.8.8. Society. The officer in question has been handling funds, and having, beep in financial,? difficnlties lately it is alleged he converted between £loo' and- £2OO of the moneys of the Society to his own, use., . Thi? he succeeded in doing by means of a duplicate bank-book, one of which was used at the Bank and the' other was shown to the officers of the Lodge. The individual in question has been carrying oh business on hishwn account in Queen Street for a number of years, and when he became embarrassed recently, the bailiffs were put in possession of his property. Mr Kearney, Secretary of the Society, feared at the time that something .was, wrong with the accounts, but no investigation could be made until the books were recovered from the bailiff. They have since been examined with the banking account, with the result .as stated. Besides the funds of the Lodge alleged to have been embezzled, the accounts are deficient in respect of £lB. There is reason to believe,, that the: officer in question left,for Sydney last Wednesday evening in the Te Auau, as he was seen on board the vessel immediately before she sailed. Five of the ether brethren weie sureties to the extent of £l5O for accused. It is alleged that accused has also forged the name of “ Connolly* 7 one of the trustees, and als© the initials of a bank clerk. Later intelligence states that at a meeting of the Hibernian Society it was decided, owing to' the- heavy which would be incurred To bring the late defaulting, officer back, that ho action be taken in the matter. The. name of the absconder is Ci -.rk. He was recently parrying on business as a photographer m Queen Street* 1