A CUTE CUSTOMER.

Otaki Mail, 7 June 1922, Page 2

A CUTE CUSTOMER.

MAKES HAY WHILE BLANK CHEQUES LAST. A young farm hand. 23 years of age, named Robert .Tame- Robert:-, who stole a cheque book at Levin on May 15, and on the succeeding two days had a rioto'i- time, came before Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M.. at the Magistrate'- Court for The amounts obtained by means of valueless cheques included the following:—May Hi. good- valued at £5 from Thomas George Lewis, of Weilington: goods valued at £>3 3= 6d, from Theresa Sternberg; good- valued £5 from Ernest Looser, of Otaki; May 15, ■•lotting and money to the value of £lO, from Bills and Moore, of Otaki; theft of cheque book and then goods valued at £1 from D. H. Dalton, of Levin; £1 worth of liquor and £4 in money from Jobs T. Folia.-, of Foxton; money and goods to the value of £-j 3 os. from Harold Coekrell, of Otaki; £5 5s from Alfred Erne.-t Minder, of Wellington: £3 from R. Palmer, of Foston; and £4 from A. Wright, of Forton. Chief Detective Kemp explained that the total amount the accused obtained by means of the valueless cheques was £-33 9s 6<L The goods had been recovered, but the money accused had obtained was. of course, gone. He thought the accused would pay a divi-, fl.-nd of about 6s Sd in the £. Thej y>..'ung man had been sent to the Wera-j roa training farm when nine years of f age. A report had been received from | the police, which did not give the a:cused a good character. His Worship sentenced • the aecustd ' to three months' hard labour, j