DEFRAUDING THE PUBLIC
Palmerston North, June 27. In the Palmerston Magistrate’s Court to-day David Alexander Swanson, a boilermaker, aged 50, was charged with defrauding by falsely representing that a certain wrapped soap was a special preparation for removing stains from clothing. Senior-Detective Quirke stated that accused, who was a newcomer to Palmerston, had purchased ordinary soap from grocers, had cut it up, wrapped it and sold it at: an increased price. As a special cleaning preparation it was valueless, and householders were being defrauded. Accused was- making seven shillings profit out of a sevenpenny bar. Accused pleaded guilty and was lined £2, in default 14 days’ im-. prisonment.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3811, 28 June 1928, Page 3
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108DEFRAUDING THE PUBLIC Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3811, 28 June 1928, Page 3
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