SUPREME COURT.
I»V TELEOHACII l’EIl CRESS ASSOCIATION] ' GISBORNE, Dec -I. I he Suprirme Court opened before Mr Justice Reed, and Cyril Alfred Hoskins came up for sentence on three charge is of forgery and utteiing. He was sentenced to two years on each charge, and declared an habitual criminal. J' rank il'evor I ucker, on a charge of attempting to defraud by disposing of chattels covered by security, was admitted to probation for two years on condition that the money involved f£2s) was paid hack by instalments. Ewart Gladstone Parkinson, on a charger of carnal knowledge of a girl under 16 years was found not guilty, and discharged.
AUCKLAND, Dec. 4. Roy Nash pleaded guilty at the Police Court and was committed for sentence/ on charges of having obtained jewellery valued at £6B and. boots valued at LG 10s by issuing valueless cheques. Accused opened a bank account with deposits of 625, drawing £2l. When purchasing the jewellery, he paid a. cheque; for £2 as a deposit, which was honoured. The evidence showed that accused, who is aged 31. and known as Kay Edwards, had half a. share, valued at £2OOO. in a business at Napier.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 December 1922, Page 4
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196SUPREME COURT. Hokitika Guardian, 5 December 1922, Page 4
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