FALSE PRETENCES
WELLINGTON' MEN CHARGED
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CHRISTCHURCH’, 'September 27
Charged with obtaining £29 from gold : buyers in Christchurch by false pretences', two Wellington men, Norris Blaxail, aged 39, a manufacturing jeweller, ’■ and Lake (Stephen Dolan, aged..2B, a.ship’s steward, appeared te-day befpne MrE! D.- Mosley, SvM. It was alleged that a censed defrauded buyers by /selling' silver medals covered with ~ gold. Aooardipg \tb this chief" detective in, a statement made to the police at Wellington, ' Dcilan said that Blajtall had told him that he had a good idea of mating money by covering silver medals with gold and selling them. At the time Bllatall was in the process of man u faetivring one. Blaxall said that he would inscribe the medals to mate them loiok like" trophies, and would also give them second, hand appearance. . ■ f “I was-, out. of work and owed Blajfall money,?’ said; Dolan, “so I said I would go to 'Christchurch and sell the medals, although 1 did not like the idea,,” The case is proceeding.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1932, Page 6
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172FALSE PRETENCES Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1932, Page 6
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