YEAR’S GAOL
FOR UNDISCHARGED BANKRUPT. CHARGES OF ■ OBTAINING CREDIT. (Per Preg S Association, Copyright). ' : WELLINGTON,; October 27. > The jury at ■ the Supreme Court today. found^-Leonard'O'weu Bellette, t legal inquiry agent, of Wellington, guilty on < fqur‘, charges of ’ obtaining credit while an undischarged bankrupt. The Chief Justice,, imposed a sentence of twelve 'months’, imprisonment on bach charge, the sentences t 0 be concurrent. '..' . ' ' “If I give you your freedom, it would be no more and no less than offering a premium on vour offences,” said Sir M. iMyers, answering a plea for’leniency. '; .' “You go into the witmess bcx and endeavour; by false testimony, to induce the . jury : to believe that honest witnesses have given perjured •evidence. • Not;only, that , but you induceAybur wife and another to give, false testimony. 'Ton have aggravated ■ your offence very greatly by the course you'have adopted.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1933, Page 2
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139YEAR’S GAOL Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1933, Page 2
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