FALSE PRETENCES

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 126, 23 December 1938, Page 4

FALSE PRETENCES

' 'V TWO' VALUlflfit^yv CHEQUES ' v 0 POT IKI AND GISBORNE OFFENCES “lieinjj; well spoken, 1ip,.,-finds it' easy to commit-'-thisyt-y-po (#v ofl'emp,’' said Detective C. I*. Belton in the Gisborne Magistrate's Court recently when a quali.lic»d solicitor and l public accountant, Harold Edward Elliott, aged 45, appeared before Mr. JO;. L. Walton, 5.M.., on two charge!? of securing money by false pretences. The ,accused was represented by MrM. Maude and pleaded guilty to a charge ol obtaining Mitt ipom John O’Sullivan, licensee of the Hoyal Hotel, Opotiki, on .November 26, by falsely representing that Jiis cheque, for that' amount, jlrawn on the. Bank ol' Now Thames, was a good ai'n! valid ' order. Alo also. pleaded guilty "to a similar charge involving a, cheque for 6-f that was cashed by the'Duee. Motor Service in Gisborne on November 29. Detective Helton said .that both

cheques were valueless. On -behalf cf the accused, Mr. Maude' said that .Ifllioij-t was a. marriod man with two children, and was separated Iromyhis ..wilt',. The reason tkir his offences ceuld’ he attributed Jlifttyink, hut-lie wgs prepared- to take ouii. a prohibition’i order against liimselfir I in work at present and, although her had made an attempt tif li'jjike .pre,stjtuiic-n, his efforts hsJLj.vst.r- UA'iKUCcessfnl. Elliott mpifiy from the /Bay- of. Plenty in search o f,. w«rk, ;Vn'd -JlO> was anxious Jito .-to look for a On t|i»-f lii-st cliarg.e tlu» accused "convicted and fined hCA and oirdhr\ed to Wiafco .'restitution amounting to j-L'tt. ' f: r A * 1. ?i‘l_t is my duty to send him to gaol, hut I am: tryin'g tc. avoid that,’?- sftid- < i Mr. *Waltori : when considering the second’ charge. “‘-Elliott wasr convicted and ..ordered- tor come up for sentoHeo if called Upon within ayepr, the ;<u•eusecl to. iftake,'• resti-tn'tiih -‘aiid ’report‘regularly to the. nolieo. fd%, ■>. • *.f* - -"e . '

- ' i ;• jj... >. **' QUITE soy Pit!API) r L 'l'lie .surmo'sed supctViliiusness of tlio late Lord (.’ip/.on <p«ave ; 'iso to many amusing stories, that at tin. time of.tie war he Ciw in l l 'ranee a. company of. bathing. Turning to ■a- sta frolic.a; he “Why have i ugutut* lifcen inlormed that the skins olftffy mpsscs dVc so whiter'” ; ; ' i .ij*