OBTAINING MONEY
CASE 'AGAINST 'A' CLOTHIER'. By Telegraph.—Press Association, i Auckland, September 22. r In tip Police Court, George S. Macl;ay, clotliier/ lately carrying on business in Queen Street, charged with having/incurred «v debt of £50 when ho could have had no reasonable or probable expectation of ,being able to pay, Was sentenced, to.one month's imprisonment without hard labour. Mr. Frazer, ; 5.M.,. sakLhe'.liad, 110 doubt defendant intended to be . honest,_ but the law. protected the commercial. community from rash optimism that gambled on •the mere chance of getting out of difficulties instead of. putting the position clearly before creditors.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2574, 23 September 1915, Page 6
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99OBTAINING MONEY Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2574, 23 September 1915, Page 6
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