At the Waihi Police Court c>n Saturday Joseph Henry Bishaw, an Hawaiian with several aliases, was - charged on two counts with obtaining money under false pretences. Accused pleaded guilty. Senior-Sergeant Maclean said that- Bishaw was a “parasite.” Bishaw posed as a ukelele expert, nad represented to owners of these instruments that he could supply parts when required 'from a certain musical firm in Wellington. Accused obtained money by this method, stating tha t t he was the firm’s representative. He was sentenced to one month’s hard labour on each charge, sentences concurrent.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5058, 29 November 1926, Page 3
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92Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5058, 29 November 1926, Page 3
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