THE CHINESE SAID "BAD MONEY"
v „ A DEAR EXPLOIT. (By Telcgraph.-Press Association.) .... „ Auckland, August 23. -ii.i A ° ' Sl, l>l'cnio Court to-day, Charles ■Al Arthy, alias George Gordon, was s-n----tenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour, to bo followed by detention for reformative purposes for a, period not exceeding three years, for uttering a false, coin. Accused weiit into the shop of Yo«nj» Lee, fruiterer, and asked for sixpence worth of bananas. He put on the counter a spurious coin, and said that it was a half-sovereign. The Chinaman said; "Bad money," and the prisoner asked: "What is wrong with it? It is good money. It is pay day." The Chinaman asked prisoner whether ho was sure, ond, at the same time, 6out for a constable, who camo in a few' minutes, and took possession, of the coin.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1214, 24 August 1911, Page 4
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138THE CHINESE SAID "BAD MONEY" Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1214, 24 August 1911, Page 4
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