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BOGUS CONFESSION

TO SAVE FAMILY NAME IMPERSONATION STORY FALSE By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 10.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, To-day The story of the impersonation of a dead soldier by a prisoner on trial, proved to be a hoax. The prisoner’s sister admitted that she and her brother invented the story in an endeavour to save the family from the disgrace of his crime. —A. and N.Z. A cable message received yesterday from Melbourne said:— A convicted man who had just been sentenced to-day to four years’ imprisonment for shop-breaking handed to the judge a written confession. In this the accused stated that for seven years he had impersonated a dead Australian soldier. Having brought disgrace on that soldier’s name he now wished to have the facts made public. He also wanted the dead man’s family name restored. Accused stated that the soldier’s mother had recognised his claim to be her son, and that he had led her to believe he really was her son. As a matter of fact the soldier had been killed in a brawl in New York. In sentencing accused His Honour said the man had brought disgrace on a respectable family.

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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 116, 6 August 1927, Page 9

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BOGUS CONFESSION Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 116, 6 August 1927, Page 9

BOGUS CONFESSION Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 116, 6 August 1927, Page 9

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