VALUELESS CHEQUE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 169, 4 August 1937, Page 5

VALUELESS CHEQUE

Young Man Who Paid up After Offence wae Reported CQPRX JAKES LENIENT S "The defendant, being- short qf "mqney, drew a cheque qn a bjsuk in Christchurch where ha onco had an. account, and cashed it at the Te Aute Hotel. Thq chequq was iqfer dishonoured. He at oncq reaiise^' the seriousness of his action and made restitution to the licensee, but thq matter had already been reported to* thd police and proceedinge had beea hegun," explained Deteetive-Sergeant L. Revell when a .young- man whose. name was ordered to bo. supprqaaed pleaded guilty before Mr J. Miiler, . $.M., dn 'the Hastings Magjstsate,,»Court this morning to fraaidulent% obtaining from Charles Hart £1 zy moana of a valueless chequo. t £ • . He was convicted and orderqd, to-., come up for sentenee if called upon within six montha. Mr E, J. W. Hallett, who appeaxed ' for the defendant, said that defendant. had been sldghtly under ihe inffuence of driak at the time. The account at the bank had nevqr been formally closed, and he. might have belieyed ih£|t - it was still operating. He ^kfd leniency and suggested that probntion might meet the case. "It is; not a bad case of its kind,' ' observed Mr Miller, "but the man did wrong in giving- a, cheque. when therq. was no money in the bauk•,, Mr HaUett asked fqr suppreesiqn qf the name, this being the. man's. *4^ offence. • "I do not often suppress namqs,' ' said Mr Miller, r'but in this case,; in view of Ms having, had an accoimt at tho bank and the suggestibn fhat drhjk was partly to blame, discretion might be nsed in his favour." The application was granted«