BOGUS ELECTRICIAN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 645, 23 April 1929, Page 1

BOGUS ELECTRICIAN

PROBLEM FOR S.M. FRAUD AGAINST FARMER Twice sent to the Mental Hospital for medical observation and with one term on Roto Roa Island to his credit, Albert Joseph Vance Ryan appeared at the Police Court aflain this morning. The problem of what to do with him was postponed by Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., for a week. JjTAN, a clerk aged 25, pleaded guilty to fradulently obtaining £5 from Leonard Pauline by representf Q g that he would instal electric light fa the latter’s home. There was a further charge o£ obtaining £5 from Thomas Glanville by means of a valueJ 6BB cheque. The date of this ofrence, to which Ryan also pleaded was October, 1927, and it was ex Plained by Chief-Detective Hamm °nd that the charge was brought a Sain only through Ryan’s breach of Probation. According to the chief-detective, had met Mr. Pauline in an Jotel last December. The talk had drifted to lighting, and Ryan had Promised to instal an electric system Q his companion’s farm at HeutlerHe had been given £5 to buy Material, “though,” continued the chief-detective, “he was not an elecncian and could not carry out his Promise.” p an handed up a letter to Mr. t h S.M., iu which he claimed o have conquered his drinking habits. had given himself up to the police *hd was confident that, if given a •»na U u e ’ he could S° back to his wife \ r ° e sure of a welcome. Mr. Hunt: The chief-detective does ot think you have stopped drinking, you go back to your wife you will ®tart thieving again. What is l he good of that? Ryan was remanded for a week for His request for bail was Se< *’ ‘ weelc in gaol would do * u remarked Mr. Hunt,