"NO LIMIT TO POWER"
Bogus Secret Scrvice Man That he had poscd us a socret sorA'iceagent and obtaiued £23- 30/- by false protences were tho allegations made at Ryde, lslc oi YVight, last monifi, agaiust John Dcnuctt, agcd 49, of no lixed address. Mra Emma Johnson stated "that Bennett camo to her hotel and told her he was trailing a woman who was smuggling Urugs. Ho shoM'ed her a badge, and addcd Ibat 1)0 liad power to c.omuiaudccr yui-.hl-i oi; inotor-cars, und that there was uo Jimit to Ihe money he could S"et. Believiug his story she let hira have various svarns after he had told her that he required money for the time being. Her husband went out twice with him on what she thought was secret service work. Inspector Rogers told the Court that in 1929 Bcnnctt was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment at Croydon^ Surrey, for obtaining crodit by falso pretences. He was now sentenced to six months' hard labour.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 191, 30 August 1937, Page 2
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