COUNTERFEITING.
POLICE LOCATE A PLANT. COINER PLEADS INSANITY. _____ ■ i'y Telegraph—Press Association. Aucklan&t Fridays A complete set of mouldwp'f making counterfeit sovereigns, halKclfcwng and shillings was discovered at the residence of Frederick A. Smith in the Hai< rini settlement, near Te Awamutu. The police found in a whare twelve sets of moulds for half-crowns, one fo> sovereigns, three for shillings, also A" qpantity of lead, solder, flies, rasps and! ladles. The coins seized by the polite are described as excellent work,' thei» baseness being only detected by the itilgi Smith appeared in court at Te Aw«* nmtu on a charge of making and attempting to utter counterfeit coin. Th* defence was in the direction that accused was not sane. Prisoner was commit' ted for trial at Hamilton.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 21, 13 June 1914, Page 4
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126COUNTERFEITING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 21, 13 June 1914, Page 4
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