SUSTENANCE FRAUDS
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AUCKLAND, Lasfc Prosecuted under the Justices of the Peace Act, Fred Simpson admitted seven charges of false pretences in. obtaining sustenance amounting to £11 14/4 by stating thathis wife had no assets, when she had £560 to her credit in the Savings Bank. Defending counsel said that after hearing the Hon. P. C. Webb'a warning ogainst sustenance frauds at the Town Ilall recently, Simpson called at the Labour Department and confessed to the misrepresentation. He offered to repay tlie money. The Magistrate said that the ease was different from c.vdijiavy ones and fined tlie defeinhuii £10 on oue charge. and convicted him on the otheri,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 202, 11 September 1937, Page 15
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