FALSE PRETENCES
RESTAURANTEUR THE VICTIM. i Per Press Association — Copyright.) NEW PLYMOUTH, July 12. Ingenious attempts to obtain money by false pretences, were made by David Scrogie, at Stratford. He approached a mimher of tea room proprietors at Stratford and Taumarumii, representing that lie was arranging Cook’s tours, and seeking suitable tearooms to which to take parties. From one proprietor at Stratford be obtained 37''6, but others refused. He obtained 17/6 from one Taumarumii proprietor. He was sentenced to a month’s imprisonment- on each of several charges, the sentences to be cum-, ulative. He is at present serving a term on similar charges at Palmerston North.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1933, Page 5
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106FALSE PRETENCES Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1933, Page 5
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