A MODERN MAORI.
By Telegraph—Press Association. DUNEDIN, April 3. At the Police Court, Tamati Wiremu Wirihana was charged with obtaining £ls from George Tairua by false pretences, and also £5 from Ernest Hutton, by similar means. It was stated by the police that accused had represented himsi If to be a relation of Mrs G. P. Donnelly, of Hawke's Bay, and several other citizens, who would not face the publicity of court proceedings, ha'd been taken down". Accused, who spent the money obtained in driving about in cabs and drinking champagne was a perfect adventurer, and in 1902 was imprisoned for forgery. Accused pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3155, 5 April 1909, Page 6
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112A MODERN MAORI. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3155, 5 April 1909, Page 6
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