MAORI'S FRAUDS.
NINE MONTHS' GAOL "A PROFESSIONAL CADGER." Described by Detective-Sergeant A. G. MeHugh as "a professional cadger," Daniel Rangi Havre, aged 27, a Maori labourer, was sent to gaol for nine months by Mr. W..R. McKean, S.M., in the Police Court this morning. llawe, who appeared for sentence, pleaded guilty to three charges of being a rogue and vagabond in that he collected subscriptions by falsely representing that the money was for the Maori Mission and was to be used for the purpose of erecting a native meeting house at Waipu. He collected £27 i>/4 from 100 people. ''For some months he has been collecting subscriptions, two of which he claimed were recommended by the Governor-General. Lord Bledisloe," said Mr. Mcllugh. "We have had numerous complaints about him, and we have been looking for him-for months. He had a receipF book and issued receipts for the money received. He did not have the authority of the Rev. Mawhia, which he claimed."
Accused was sentenced to three months' gaol on each charge, the sentences tolje cumulative.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1935, Page 10
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176MAORI'S FRAUDS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1935, Page 10
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