DEAD DISHONOURED.
Soldier Impersonated By
Criminal.
CONFESSION RIGHTS WRONG.
MELBOURNE, August 5.
A convicted man, who was sentenced to-day to four years' imprisonment for shopbreaking, handed to the a written confession.
In this the accused stated that for seven years he had impersonated a dead Australian soldier. Having brought disgrace on that soldier's name he now wished to have the facts made public. He also wanted the dead man's family name restored.
Accused stated that the soldier's mother had recognised his claim to be her son, and that he had led her to believe he reallv was her son.
As a matter of fact the soldier had been killed in a brawl in New York.
In sentencing accused his Honor said the man had brought disgrace on a respectable family.
STORY A HOAX. SISTER PROVES THE FRAUD. (Received 12 noon.) MELBOURNE, this day. The story of the impersonation of the deceased soldier by the criminal who allegedly confessed, has proved a hoax. The prisoner's sister admitted that he and her brother had invented the story in an endeavour to save the family from the disgrace of his crime.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 184, 6 August 1927, Page 9
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