'CONFOUNDED NUISANCE'

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 246, 17 October 1929, Page 10

'CONFOUNDED NUISANCE'

MYTHICAL POULTRY FARM. COUNTRY WOMAN VICTIMISED YOUNG MAN SENT TO GAOL. "This young man is a confounded nuisance. He has been at this game for three or, four years, and simply won't desist," said 3 Chief Detective Hammond, about Herbert William Taylor (30), at the Police Court this morning. Taylor, for whom Mr. Noble appeared, pleaded guilty to two charges of stealing cheques for £1 7/6 and £2 5/0. Mr. Hammond said Taylor advertised in the newspapers that he had a poultry farm at Henderson, and quoted prices. A woman living at Ohura, near Levin, replying to his advertisement, sent a cheque for £2 5/6 for eight ducks. The £2 was for the ducks and the odd money to cover the expenses. "The lady got nothing, she did not receive the ducks or jier money back," added the chief detective. Taylor had one previous conviction against him. "Only the other day he advertised fruit for bslU. He has no poultry farm." ' Mr, Hunt: Is this the man I had before me some time ago—the man who p.dver-" iised fruit for sale and then did not send fi when it was ordered;, I gave him a chance and let lim bif? "Hβ is the same man, sir," replied Mr. , Hammond. Mr. Noble said accused thought he could supply the poultry all v right. He was in desperate straits.at the time, and thought business would improve. "He'g got no business," said the magistrate. "He only gambles on an odd pound which these people send him. I spent a whole day in hearing charges against him the last time." Chief Detective Hammond. We ? ve spent iveeks. He's a confounded nuisance. On one of the charges Taylor was sent 'Jo gaol for three months.