FALSE PRETENCES.
UNDERTAKER ON THE ALERT. (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Mar. 24. “He went to an undertaker to arrange for the burial of his mother, who is still alive,” said Sub-Inspector Pender, when . Archibald Cooper Benson, aged 40, a carpenter, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to obtain £1 from an undertaker by false representations.
(Sub-Inspector Pender said that Benson told tlie undertaker that he had £SO, but no money with him, and asked for the loan of £1 to send telegrams to relatives. The undertaker made inquiries and declined the request. Benson was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment with hard labour, and, on a second charge of failing to make maintenance payments in favour of his four children, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19410325.2.5
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 139, 25 March 1941, Page 2
Word Count
124FALSE PRETENCES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 139, 25 March 1941, Page 2
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in