TOO MUCH MONEY
SPENT £3,800 IN A YEAR. CREDIT OBTAINED BY FRAUD. YOUNG MAN FOR SENTENCE. (Per Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Ronald Keir Duncan, a salesman, aged 27, pleaded guilty before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., this morning, to several charges of having obtained credit by fraud. He was remanded till next Thursday for sentence. According to the Probation Officer's report accused, who was an only child, bad been indulged in by his widowed mother and once spent £3BOO in, 12 months. Counsel said that accused had had personal worry and had been taking overmuch liquor. The Magistrate: A man who spends £3BOO in 12 months—ridiculous! His one trouble is that he was spoiled in his youth, and when he became of age had too much money.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 251, 4 August 1933, Page 5
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