A MEAN IMPOSTURE
JHN MASQUERADES AS WOUNDED SOLDIER. By Telegraph—Frees AESodation. Auckland, April 15. Masquerading as a returned ivqunded soldier, and on that pretence soliciting alms, Thomas John Kmidson, a Norwegian, was charged at the Police Court with having placed himself in a position to solicit alms in Victoria Street. The evidence for the prosecution showed that the accused, who, judging by an empty sleeve, had only one arm. was noticed to solicit money and cigarettes from several passers-by. He used as a plea the statement that he had his arm shot oft' in France, was suffering from shellshock, and had just returned from the front. His attitude, however, aroused the suspicions of the police, and he was subsequently arrested. Tf, was then found that his "missing" arm was strapped down liis side. Several previous convictions had been entered against him. The accused, who pleaded guilty, was :-enlenced to three months' imprisonment.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 173, 16 April 1919, Page 6
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152A MEAN IMPOSTURE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 173, 16 April 1919, Page 6
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