INTERESTING CASE.
ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES. f PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COP.YRIOHT.] CHRISTCHURCH, November 1. Arthur Patrick McGuire and Janet Mary McGuire (his wife) were each charged at the Magistrate s Court before Mr McCarthy, S.M., with obtain- j jng £194 4s. (from May, 1917, to An- . gust, 1918,) from William John Cup- ; pies by false pretences. The male ac- , eused had previously been twice re- ; maiuled on this charge originally from Dunedin, it being there alleged that he obtained the money by representing that it was being used to obtain the release of a Miss Hines from a convent. Detective'Mcllvcney applied for a remand for a week. Mr W. J. Hunter, for the accused stated that the woman was in a delicate condition, and asked for a nominal bail. The Chief Detective: They might leave. I understand that McGuire was endeavouring to leave the country when lie was arrested. The Magistrate: How can anyone leave the country without a permit. The accused was remanded for a week, hail being granted the female accused in. her own recognisances, and McGuire in two sureties of £SO each and his own surety of a £IOO.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 November 1918, Page 3
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191INTERESTING CASE. Hokitika Guardian, 2 November 1918, Page 3
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