GAMBLING TO PAY CREDITORS
BANKRUPT SENT TO GAOL ri’Eß United Tress Association.] AUCKLAND, September 18. “ When this man was adjudged bankrupt his assets, apart from £3O worth of furniture, were nil, 1 said Mr G. Meredith'for tho Crown when John Horace Powell, cabinetmaker, of Howick, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court with having failed to keep proper books for three years prior to his bankruptcy in February, 1938, and, further, that he brought about Axis bankruptcy by gambling in the mlfcth prior to bankruptcy. Mr Meredith said that tho proved creditors represented a total of £O6B. In January, 1938, Powell had £135 in For Powell, Mr Bryce Hart said he admitted gambling, hoping to win enough to pay kis creditors. ~ The magistrate, Mr Orr Walker, said he regarded the second charge more seriously than the first, knowing the attitude of the Supreme Court in such m On. ei the charge of gambling he was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, and on the first charge was convicted and. ordered to come up for sentence if called on within six months.
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Evening Star, Issue 23374, 18 September 1939, Page 8
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179GAMBLING TO PAY CREDITORS Evening Star, Issue 23374, 18 September 1939, Page 8
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