Four Samoans

E. Samoa Bank Sensation

Stand U

FOUR Samoan ex-employe the Bank of American were before the court ini Pago in March on charges ■ bezzlement and forgery inn sums amounting in total to i 9 A total shortage of was found by the managers Bank, Mr. Alan Bigelow, n ounce d in February \ March, p. 38). If the four So 2 taken to Court are response $5,000 of the missing sun\. leaves almost $25,000 stfo accounted for. This fact n ing considerable public intei American Samoa.

The four Samoans Lopeti Maleapeai, formerly y ant-manager of the bank, "0 with two counts of embezzlls amounting to some $2,963. I found guilty on one courn: guilty on the other and sene to 21 years imprisonment.

Fuauli F. Tiumalu, book-: to nine counts of forgery inn $1,191; he was found guilty o of the charges, not guilty one counts, and verdict of nolle pq was returned on the other! counts. Sentenced to 18 montn prisonment.

Evile To’ofili, teller, seven r of forgery involving $1,053; ;J guilty on six counts, not guu; one. Sentenced to 2| yearn prisonment.

Enosa Matina, teller, charm two counts of embezzlement J ing $145; found guilty on onen and sentenced to 12 montXJj prisonment.

Lopeti Maleapeai and Fuu Tiumalu were defended bf Reginald Paul Phillips, ofh Western Samoa. The other! accused were provided withi: legal defence.

Mr. Justice Morrow, Chieffs in American Samoa, heard th*rf

Massey-Wynn

Wedding

Flight - Engineer

Charles Massey, RNZAF, was married on March 2 to Miss Anne Wynn, a sister at the Colonial War Memorial Hos pital, Suva. The wed ding took place at St.

Luke's Church, Suva Point, the Rev. Dr. G.

Hemming performing the ceremony. In the wedding party were the bestman, F. Carrier, RNZAF, and Commander and Mrs. S. B. Brown of Suva, who are also well known in the G & E Islands. Com mander Brown is now Asst. Marine Super intendent for W. R Carpenter (Fiji) Ltd.