FIRMS DEFRAUDED.
; ; ESCAPED MENTAL PATIENT. . CRjr; Telegraph.—Press Association.! CHRI ST CHURCH, Tuesday. Alexander;-.Harrison, aged 22, a motor mechanic to-day admitted - eight charges lop obtaining/money by fraud. He was remanded 1 for sentence. •Counsel said; the offences were committed .in- Oamaru and Chiistchurcli, and they were, the- aftermath of accused's : esbape ' from Seacliff Mental Hospital, '•where he had beeii a patient. It ■ was remarkable to tliiiik that liu'ge business firgris had been deceived by accused. His appearance .was against any suggestion that. :.he was the son of a rich man. Doctors 1 had said the 'offences - probably I were due "to-accused having been* injured i in' the-.head in - a motor accident.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 66, 19 March 1930, Page 10
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