A BOGUS CLERIC
ISSUES ALLEGED VALUELESS CHEQUES. Auckland, March 28. A young man attired in clerical clothes and giving the name of the Rev. W. F. Donne, M.A., was arrested in one of the principal hotels in the city by Detective-Sergeant Hammond and Ward on the charge of having obtained goods to the value of £3 by means of a valueless cheque drawn on the Bank of New Zealand, Christchurch. He was subsequently charged at the Police Court as Claude Osmondc and was remanded till Wednesday.
Il is alleged that at one of the large drapery establishments he purchased sheeting and .similar household- furnishings of the value of £l4O, and intimated that he would pay for them by cheque. When he called during the afternoon with his motor car to take them away he was informed that as the bank would be closed for the holidays lie would have to furnish a reference as to his bona fides. He replied, it is stated, that he could not furnish one, as lie had just arrived in the city on furlough, and was buying furnishings in''preparation for his w.edding because they were cheaper than in Christchurch.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2256, 29 March 1921, Page 3
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194A BOGUS CLERIC Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2256, 29 March 1921, Page 3
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