ELOPED WITH EX-CONVICT.
A girl’s elopement wi~’t.h an ex’m‘.el \-:;;.- men-fiolled at VVarwiek; when sentence of three years.’ penal servitude was passed on Herbert Franklin. An ex:l'aordinar;.' life of criznc was revealed, It was stated that he represented’ hiinself to be .3. major, and wore a. _-.~Jt'n:-m. He used stolen Wal'l‘;mts to have] about. the country with :3. Warwick girl who eloped with him. Pl-is«oner admitted Having eomfnitted thefts in several districts. At Manchester he obtained a. motor car worth £650 by false pretences. Other offences were committed at Windsor, Crewe, and Bath; while Hig cheque frauds were committed in London. : The warl'ant'fl*onl Bath was for Ohtaining credit for £lO from the pyoprietor of hotel where he stayed with thegirl. He began his career by spending ‘three years in a reforma-tory, and between 19OT and 1915 was convicted: ten times for frauds and thefts. He also received a sentence of penal servitude at Chester. '
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Taihape Daily Times, 6 September 1919, Page 5
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153ELOPED WITH EX-CONVICT. Taihape Daily Times, 6 September 1919, Page 5
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