A CHARGE DISMISSED
NOT FALSE PRETENCE. (By Teleyraph—Per Press A ssociation) WANGANUI, July 13. An interesting case was dealt with before Magistrate Salmon, when a Maori, ißuby William Matthews, was charged with intent to defraud. He obtained from the Unemployment Board three separate amounts of £1 17 6d by means of false pretence by falsely representing he was married, supporting a wife and two children. The evidence disclosed that defendant had no dependants, and was in receipt of a war pension of £3 4s per month.
Mr W. J. Treadwell contended there was no contract between defendant and the Unemployment Board, and the money was secured, not as the result of a false pretence, but for work that was not capable of being stolen. The Magistrate said it was clear the defendant did not obtain the money by false pretences. He obtained only the right to work. The only thing defendant was guilty of was obtaining a contract of service by false representation. He dismissed the information and suggested that an amended one might be laid.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1931, Page 5
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176A CHARGE DISMISSED Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1931, Page 5
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