GETTING RICH QUICK.
A EISKY BUSINESS. J| ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.. M Received 25, 9.30 p.m. ,M Sydney, January 25; ,'. John Henry Burgess was commit tod! 1 for trial on a eharge of obtaining money 'j[ by false pietences. He went to* Bank of New Zealand and that he was on his honeymoon, and'thaty?'] he had an account of £IOOO with the". ■ Commercial Bank at Hobart. He gam. - the manager a cheque for £IOOO ort / Hobart. Tlie bank then allowed him to ~s draw two cheques of £2O each. BurguhsK t « cheque was sent to Hobart, and his ir-ij rest followed. The police gave cvi-v dence. Burgess, they admitted, had! »»/. ■' account at Hobart, but that was, tho" - ' system he used, and it oame off' BiW times out of ten. '
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 195, 26 January 1915, Page 4
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128GETTING RICH QUICK. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 195, 26 January 1915, Page 4
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