THE GISBORNE DEFALCATIONS.
(JIY TELKGRAIMI. — PKRSS ASSOCIATION). Gisborne, Last Night. Statements have been published throughout the colony regarding the prosecution by John Bourke, the late town clerk, of John Baldwin for criminal libel in 1888, whilst at the same time Bourke was defrauding the Harbour Board. The audit investigation shows that until five months after tho libel for which Baldwin was sent to gaol, and three months after tho sentence, Bourke had not embezzled a halfpenny of public money. Singular to sav, tlie first amount ho appropriated was paid in by the prosecuting counsel in the libel case.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2944, 28 May 1891, Page 2
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98THE GISBORNE DEFALCATIONS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2944, 28 May 1891, Page 2
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