SENT TO PRISON
DEAN’S FALSE' PRETENCES . LONG SERIES OF Lon4|ON|^ December-, • H \ Henry Frederick Mercer, • - aged 61, - formerly Australia, was the Old Bailey to-day to IB monthaMmmjisonmeflt $ for false pretences. ft , • Thirteen charges f, w eie'jvlealt ' with, [exclusive of 1 * 195 fotlph/'wher.o; he ;had induced hotelkeepers to- give mohey for advertisements.;arid photographs, in 'guide books, vriiibfiy never. appeared. • | It was stated that in .•connection artth his .swindlethe would escort' visiting students to places 'of .interest and ,that •he had previously -.Seen . s§ptencetkifor fraud at Zurich nnd Southport. " j Mercer went ta, Australia after folding appointed chaplain to the Archbishop of Melbourne., Later he become Dean of Perth and during the war' was a chaplain with the Australian forces; pud British units. Subsequently lie! j held positions as a lecturer at Cajcutta>--University and as a tutor iu England.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 December 1933, Page 2
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137SENT TO PRISON Hokitika Guardian, 18 December 1933, Page 2
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