ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD.
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Before ]\lr Ba iley, 8.M., |o-day, Arthur Patrick McGuire, Janet McGuire (Isis wife), Cecil Charles McCullough, and Frederick' John Wormald were charged \vi(!i conspiring to defraud W, J. Clippies of .CHH 4 s between December-, 10.15, and October 29tb, 1918. Charges of obtaining' this amount by false pretences were withdrawn.
Detective-Sergeant Mcllvenoy, who conducted the prosecution, stated that Cupples, whilst working at the Mount Magdala Home, had become enamoured of one of tire female inmates. He endeavoured to obtain her release through the McGuires, who produced two alleged Scotland Yard detectives (Wormald and McCullough) for the purpose. Cupples' had paid over the money on the assumption that it was being used for the purpose of releasing the woman. When arrested in the North Island, Wormald and McCullough had admitted their connection with the matter.
The evidence havingyheen heard, Mr Hunter submitted that a wife was not liable to he brought in guilty of conspiring with her husband. The point was upheld, and the female accused was discharged. The others pleaded not guilty, and were committed for trial, bail being allowed.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1912, 7 December 1918, Page 3
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187ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1912, 7 December 1918, Page 3
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