A "FORCED LOAN."
£100 CHEQUE FORGERY. ABSCONDER ARRESTED CX BOARD SHIP TWELVE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT. Tt appears to have been prisonei method of obtaining what might bf described as a forced loan," said counsel at the Supreme Court to-day, on behalf of Maurice Chapman, a young man who had pleaded guilty to forging a cheque for £100.
Mr. Sexton said accused lived at ihe house of a Mrs. Lavinia Isaacs, and impressed her so favourably that he was allowed to become engaged to her daughter. He was a watchmaker and jeweller, and was anxious to start in business on his own. Trade prospects were not good in Auckland, and he wanted to get to Australia. He forged the cheque, bought a number of trade appliances and booked his passage to Sydney, but was arrested on the boat.
His Honor declined to entertain a plea for leniency, and characterised it as a serious offence. Chapman was sentenced to 12 month's imprisonment -with hard labour.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 30, 6 February 1928, Page 3
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