ALLEGED THEFTS
BY FORMER EMPLOYEE / OF WOOLWORTHS MONEY AND MATERIALS. TOTAL VALUE OF £16,220 " IN QUESTION. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Raymond John Watts, an Air Force sergeant, formerly employed by Woolworths Ltd., is being charged with theft of money and cloth materials of a total value of £16,220. There are ten charges of theft and ten of failure to account. The offences covered the period from March, 1941, to April, 1942. Charges of failure to account were mentioned in amounts ranging from £3B to £825 and totalled £2,215. •Materials alleged to have been stolen are georgette, kabe crepe, casement cloth, dress crepe, satin crepe, rayon and art silk prints —a total of 97,909 yards and value of £14,005. Watts also is being charged, under the Secret Commissions Act, with corruptly accepting, as agent for Woolworths, a gift for himself of approximately £9O in money, for doing an act in relation to his principal’s business. He is also charged with forging a Woolworth’s receipt for £6 ss. by altering it to £6O ss. The case is being heard by Mi' J. L. Stout, S.M. (Proceeding.)
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 September 1942, Page 4
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186ALLEGED THEFTS Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 September 1942, Page 4
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