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\par At Suva
\par Criminal Jurisdiction
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\par CRIMINAL CASE NO. 59 OF 1988
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\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 STATE
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\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 HARBANS SINGH
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15142482 s/o Gyan Singh}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 
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\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15142482\charrsid15821089 LARCENY BY SERVANT:}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15142482  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15142482\charrsid15142482 Contrary to Section}{
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\par The accused has pleaded guilty and been convicted for }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 9}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482  counts of }{
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\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482  related counts of }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 Fraudulent Falsification of Accounts}{
\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 .
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\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 The offences were committed over a 3 year period between }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 August 1983}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482  and }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 September 1985}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 
 during which time the accused held the position of }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 Executive Officer/Accountant}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482  of the }{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 Fiji Sports Council}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 .
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\par In that position the accused was responsible for numerous accounting and other sundry functions of the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 Fiji Sports Council}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482  including the receipt and banking of monies and cheques, the payment of wages and accounts and the preparation and maintenance of various records and books of accounts.
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\par The method or system employed by the accused as outlined by the prosecution in its statement of agreed facts was as follows:
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ed on account of the Fiji Sports Council and the amount of money he stole was replaced by banking the cheques he received in order to balance the accounts having altered the figures in the Cash Books and the relevant duplicate copies of the receipts.  "}{
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\par Using this method the accused was able to steal a total sum of }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 $18,868.72 }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 
cash before an audit inquiry disclosed the shortfalls in the Sports Council's accounts.
\par 
\par Nothing has been recovered or repaid.
\par 
\par If I may be permitted to say so the method employed by the accused indicates some degree of planning and control of records on his part.
\par 
\par In his favour he has pleaded guilty and shown some remorse and although he has a previous conviction it is undoubtedly an old one and I am content to treat him as a first offender.
\par 
\par I have carefully considered all that has been urged on behalf of the accused by his learned counsel and in particular the apparent laxity with which monies and keys were handled.
\par 
\par In particular I have noted with disbelief the accused's claim that he did not use any of the money for his own purposes and that (}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 in his counsel's words}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 ) the accused was `silly and stupid' in foolishly balancing the accounts when the system at the Fiji Sports Council was so lax that any number of other employees could hav
e stolen the cash.
\par 
\par The accused has clearly abused the trust vested in him by his employers who had appointed him to the responsible position that he held in the Fiji Sports Council.
\par 
\par Learned counsel referred the court to 2 cases in which suspended sentences were imposed for offences similar to those on which the accused has been convicted but they are easily and materially distinguishable from the present.
\par 
\par I am of course mindful that these charges have been hanging over the accused for the past 2 years but a custodial sentence cannot be avoided in this instance.
\par 
\par The accused is accordingly sentenced to }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 15 months imprisonment}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 
 on each count, all sentences to be served concurrently.
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\par }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 JUDGE
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\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1382710\charrsid15142482 At Suva,
\par 6th February, 1991.
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