SERIES OF FRAUDS
AN' ADMISSION 7 'OF GUILT. Bi T»lNtrßßh-l' p »" Ai'onl»tlon. Auckland, January 'SI. ■At tho Police Court to-day Frank Stokes, alias Toot, pleaded guilty to nine charges of fraud and theft. His offences included the forgery and uttering of two cheques, Hie uttering of valueless cheques, and tho theft of dress mac Evidence showed (hat in one instance the accused signed an agreement to purchase a car for .£535, and gave a cheque for ,£SO as a deposit. In another instance lie arranged to purchase a farm, and w;ve A cheque for JCSO as a deposit. A third caso was the purchase of a grocery business, with another .£SO deposit. Stokes was committed for sentence.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 105, 28 January 1920, Page 6
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117SERIES OF FRAUDS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 105, 28 January 1920, Page 6
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