YOUNG MAN’S FRAUD
GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES COURT TAKES LENIENT VIEW Press Association PALMERSTON X.. Today. •It must be recognised that tills is rather a serious offence in that it was premeditated. Accused made a fals*pretence and then carried it out. It certainly is strange, for he had money in his possession. I trust, however, that he has learnt a lesson, and 1 am going to give him a chance.” Thees remarks were made by Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M.. when a young man aged 20 appeared on a charge of false pretences. A conviction was entered and accused was admitted to probation tor two years. An order forbidding the publication of his name was also entered. Accused telephoned to a local firm giving the name of a well-known medical man, authorising the sale of goods to himself as the doctor’s nephew. Later he entered the shop and obtained goods, whereupon he was arrested. The police stated it was difficult to understand the reason for the offence, as accused had means. Accused’s counsel attributed his lapse to fits of depression due to influenza.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 723, 24 July 1929, Page 11
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183YOUNG MAN’S FRAUD Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 723, 24 July 1929, Page 11
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