GAOL SENTENCE.
OFFENCE WITH CHEQUES. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, June 30. “For a young man accused has an exceptionally bad record of false pretences, something like 30 charges.” staled Mr Bartholomew, S.M.. this morning, when sentencing Elwood Cuthbortson, aged 28, to six months’ imprisonment for issuing two valueless cheques of .CIO each to the licensee of the Gladstone Hotel, who knew his parents, for which reason she accepted the cheques. Accused was later arrested in Christchurch.
The police, in announcing a long list of convictions, stated: This was the man who was sentenced two years ago for tobacco sale frauds. Counsel stated accused came from a respectable family. When quite young ho received two substantial legacies which completely turned his head. He began to keep racehorses and lived in great luxury, which led to his downfall.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 180, 1 July 1937, Page 7
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136GAOL SENTENCE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 180, 1 July 1937, Page 7
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