CHEQUE FRAUD

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 60, 2 June 1927, Page 9

CHEQUE FRAUD

THREE MONTHS’. GAOL NOT FIRST OFFENCE John Barclay, a retired farmer of 61, who usually lives at St. Heliers, but has now changed his residence to Mount Eden for three months, is possessed of that most blessed of human attributes—optimism. He hadn't the necessary money in the bank to meet a £ls cheque, but in his heart he hoped to have it there within a few days—at least that is what he told Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M.. in the Police Court this morning. Barclay’s trouble was that he owed R. H. Tindall, the St. Heliers butcher, with whom he boarded, £ll for his keep. He went to Enoch Knight, a grocer in the same seaside suburb, and induced him to part with a cheque form. This he filled in for £ls, made it payable to himself, and prevailed on A. W. Scotting, another St. Heliers butcher, to cash it for him. The cheque was subsequently returned from the bank with the disturbing notation, “No account.” In the Police Court Senior-Sergeant Edwards intimated that this was nor Barclay’s first appearance in the dock. His favourite offence appeared to be idle and disorderly, for which he had been convicted on various occasions since 1923. •‘Three months!” said the magistrate, and Barclay departed to a place where the payment of board will not worry him.