FALSE PRETENCES.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, last night. At the Police Court. Francis Wm. Ferris, a voung man, was sentenced to six months for false pretences. He. had tr o ne to Mr John Wilkinson, solicitor, and produced a letter purporting to have been received from England, announcing the death of his father, and stating that he was entitled to £ISOO and a largo farm. He asked for £SO, but was only advanced £5. Tt was Stated that accused served twelve mouths jn Wanganui for abduction,
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 91, 26 April 1901, Page 3
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86FALSE PRETENCES. Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 91, 26 April 1901, Page 3
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