ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 671, 23 November 1909, Page 5

ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.

t ; >A- PECULIAR CASE. (By'_ Telegraph—Press Association ) 1 ' Auckland, November 22. A very peculiar case, involving a chargo of false pretoncos, was heard in tho Police Court to-day, beforo Mr. C. C. Kettle, SM James Robinson was charged that, at Ohehunga, on ' September J6, he obtained from I'rnncis Gregory Welsh the sum of .C2O by moans of a false pretence, and further that on September 25 lie obtained from tho safflo individual ,£IOO hynicans of a false pretence. 'Chief-Detective Marsack, in outlining tho case j for tho prosecution, said that on August 12 accused and another young man named Donnelly went to Welsh's house, and a good deal of drinking went on there. During the time they wero drinking, iWelsh, jnn., came to the houso, and turned*the two men out. Accused declined to go away, stating that he was a detective 1 , and that ho had been sent thero by Marsack to inquire into a case of forgory. He also wroto down his address as "Robirtson, care of Mr, Marsackj Police Station, City." On that occasion, said tho chief-detective, the » accused and his-friend,went'away, but later accused came'and said to Mr. Welsh that ho had with him ( a summons for him, alleging that he had committed some crime two days before. "But," said accusod, "a few pounds may bo enough to squaro it." Welsh asked him • much?" and accused sa'd Welsh thereupon wroto out a cheque for the amount, and handed it to tho accused, it had since been presented at the bank and cashed. On September 25, Robinson came with another man, whom he introduced,as his principal, the chief detective. Robinson said that he bad l got into trouble over the other affair, and that ho had lost his billet, i He Added ,thqt he might be run in, and that if he were the wholo story vfould cotno out. L!e asked for'money to got away with. Welsh asked him how much would be required, and tho sum of itfOO was named. Walsh theroupin wrote out a cheque for this amount, which ,was duly presented and honoured, A fortnight agoiacoused was arrested for using obscene language, and was then wearing policeman's uniform. In his pocket way found a lotter purporting to have been written by Donnelly. In this letter was a sentence or so to tho effect that he (tho writer) hoßed'that "Dear old'Wolsh" was enjoying his holiday, and he deserved it after tho shock they had given him. This (rave the police an inkling that somothing had been amiss, and they followed tho inquiry up. After the evidence in., support of this story had' been heard, accused was committed for Itnal. ,;