BREACHES OF BANKRUPTCY ACT
v ' TEN MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT IMPOSED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. . Gisborne, June 7. i „ John Whittaker pleaded guilty at the " Magistnte's Court to five breaches of the Bankruptcy Act in obtaining* credit without disclosing that he was an undischarged bankrupt. Accused filed in [Auckland in August, 1012, and last Sep- ; tember ho applied for his discharge, but .the order was suspended for six months : bo as to take effect in March of this ■year. Accused came to • Gisborne in November and entered into business in December. "He was agaijj;*; adjudged bankrupt., in April, and his ' previous bankruptcy was then-revealed. Accused, who had .previous convictions against lim under the Bankruptcy Act and for Vagrancy, was sentenced to ten months' ' imprisonment.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 223, 8 June 1918, Page 8
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121BREACHES OF BANKRUPTCY ACT Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 223, 8 June 1918, Page 8
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