DRINKS PRODUCED CHEQUES DISAPPEAR
AN OLD OFFENDER GAOL FOR TWO YEARS Press Association. PALMERSTON N., Tuesday. In the Supreme Court to-day William James Cox was charged with stealing or alternatively receiving, four cheques valued at nearly £JS, and a sum of £l6, the property of Charles Henry Coley, and also with obtaining goods by fraud at Feilding. Accused pleaded guilty to the latter charge and not guilty to the first. In outlining the case for the Crown the prosecutor said the accused was introduced to Mrs. Coley by a friend, and they adjourned to an hotel where, after partaking of drinks. Mrs. Coley later found the cheques and money missing. Accused went on to Feilding with a female companion, and another person and was apprehended after he had attempted to pass one of the cheques in his possession. The other stolen cheque was found. Accused from the box denied the theft of the cheques, but the jury returned a verdict of guilty without retiring and Cox, who had a lengthy list, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, and declared an habitual criminal.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 113, 3 August 1927, Page 13
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182DRINKS PRODUCED CHEQUES DISAPPEAR Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 113, 3 August 1927, Page 13
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