AN INGENIOUS SCHEMER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8057, 27 February 1906, Page 2

AN INGENIOUS SCHEMER.

' H.UiSINU TIIK WIND. I I'KII I'KlisS .VSSiH UTtON, | Ama.wu, IV.ffiiary 26. William Alfred Nobcs, Hliag Alfred lung, was brought before M r Kettle, . S.M., al ihe I'oliee (\turl this afternoon* •barged wilh n leivffthy list of frauds upon a number of tradesmen and busi» "ess men of the city, the frauds involving in till Ihe snut of i':l2, in eoimec. lion wilh no less than I t informations, Chief Detective Marshall stated that '.i eoniiection with it number of tho ' offences prisoner had worked up rather ingenious schemes. Ho hud written letters front himself to himself, purporting to be front his father -j,! making over to accused u sum of £250, ""d 11 eonsiderable luuounl, b{ landed property. Jt ( . look them to y tt ri o „ s tradesmen and obtained h)s . Hc likewtse obtaiwd « ( . V «'.a sums of money. l'lie prisoner pleaded guilty tO'» all charges, stating m extenuation that ie had lost a lot of money in the boot; trade, and being pressed for money, resorted to this recourse to obtaiß' • j funds. The Magistrate aeeiised to one months imprisonment on each charge, sentences to be accfl-■ 1 .) wuhiMve, thus bringing the total up.* ~•* lo lourteen mouths.