"HEARTLESS CONDUCT"
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Man Sent to Prison for , t False Pretences
(By Telegrapb—
I ~ NEW PLYMOUTH, Last Night. Conduct which he described as ' ' not only heartless, but which dries hp the spirit of charity of the general public for those less * undeserving, was ^ attributed by Mr W. H. Woodward, ; S.M., in the New Plymouth- Police Court to Thomas Davie, who appeared ' for sentence on six charges. of obtaining money by false pretences and one of theft by failing to account to his employers, involving a total sum of £228 i 13s.;2d. The sentences of imprisonment . on each of the charges imposed by the magistrate totalled 17 months. Davie* was manager of a New Ply- ' mopth drapery business. He obtained money from several persons, including a girl employee of the firm. "I fear that, looking at,. your previous record of false pretences and theft not many years ago, you havetcome to tho conclusion that you may enter upon this business as a kind of profession," said the Magistrate. "You must learn that a man who thinks he qan f ollow this line"'of conduct and get away with it is a fool— -a fool even from the most material aspect. I am bound to give you a severe lesson."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 39, 9 November 1937, Page 6
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208"HEARTLESS CONDUCT" Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 39, 9 November 1937, Page 6
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