CONFIDENCE TRICK
A PRISON TERM
(By Telegraph—Press AsswiVi.in.* DUNEDIN, This Day.
A sequel to a confidence trick by which Maurice O'Connor, 34, jdefrauded another man of £120 by representing that he was a racehorse owner and trainer and that he was driving Royal Romance at the Forbury Park trots was O'Connor's appearance in the Supreme Court for sentence on. a charge of obtaining money by false pretences. Warning the accused that he was qualifying to be declared a habitual criminal, Mr. Justice Kennedy sentenced him «to a year and nine month!' imprisonment.
E. Johnston and Co., auctioneers, will sell household furnishings at their mart, 8 Willestoa Street, tomorrow at 1.15 p.m.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 135, 5 December 1938, Page 11
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111CONFIDENCE TRICK Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 135, 5 December 1938, Page 11
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