FRAUD CHARGES
SENTENCE OF ONE YEAR. AUCKLAND, June 23. A man named Walter Phillip Hailes, 31, pleaded guilty to-day to six charges of fraud of valueless cheques. The police said that on June 13, two detectives went to his house to interview him, when he suddenly cut his throat with a breadknife. Still holding the knife he fought the detectives, until he was overpowered. He tried to stab one detective, who had his hand cut. He was taken to the hospital and was there till Monday last. He was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment, to be followed by one year’s reformative detention.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 June 1933, Page 2
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102FRAUD CHARGES Hokitika Guardian, 24 June 1933, Page 2
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