SENTENCE FOR FRAUD.
LENIENT PUNISHMENT. TWELVE MONTHS FOB A BIG SWINDLE. United Press Association, Copyright LONDON, Jan. 27. Henry Hess, at the Old Bailey, received four concurrent sentences of twelve months in the second division for fraud in connection with the Commonweal Consolidated Company, Limited, including tho misappropriation of £1428 and falsely stating that £IO,OOO belonging to the company was in the bank, and another £15,000 in the hands of an unnamed firm. The jury recommended leniency in-view of his- previous unblemished character.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2412, 29 January 1909, Page 5
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83SENTENCE FOR FRAUD. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2412, 29 January 1909, Page 5
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