Rabaul Cashier
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Convicted Of Stealing
From Our Own Correspondent.
Rabaul, Nov. 25.
/CHARGED with stealing three sums of money amounting to £lO3 from his employers, W. R. Carpenter and Co. Ltd., Rabaul, Hedley V. Boyle, cashier, was found guilty on two charges and sentenc ed to one year’s imprisonment and six months, to be served concurrently.
The case came before the Chief Judge on November 11 in the Supreme Court and the evidence showed the accused had, over a period of months, covered up his cash deficiencies by a systematic falsi fication of the monthly reconciliation statements.
The defence stated that from January last the accused had noticed cash short ages which he thought were his own mistakes, but as they continued and grew in proportion he suspected someone was stealing small amounts. At first he made up the deficiencies but later, at the end of the month, he showed the monthly deficiency as an unbanked deposit.