A COMMON OFFENCE.
» ONCE A HANGING MATTER. "'Forgery is treated in this colony in very much too free and easy a manner,' said Mr Justice Denniston in the Supreme Court this morning. He added, "Not very long ago a man has been hanged for such an offence; nowadays- it is j treated as a mere matter of form to carry out such a fraud." ; These observations were prompted by . the appearance of a young man named Walter Scott, who.pleaded gxiiity to having forged and uttered a cheque for £5 6/ at Hawera. The prisoner's excuse was that he was the worse for liquor when the offence happened. His Honor pointed out that, according to the depositions, Scott went to an hotel proprietor and presented a cheque, representing that he had received it from his employer, by whom it purported to be signed. Whether the accused was drunk or not, a* made out a carefullywritten cheque. We had been convicted twice previously, and would be sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. It the prisoner came again be would be liable to be dealt with as all habitual erirninaL
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 137, 10 June 1907, Page 5
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186A COMMON OFFENCE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 137, 10 June 1907, Page 5
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