"AUDACIOUS."
MAN'S DEFENCE. EMPLOYMENT FUND FRAUD. u HOUSEKEEPER " WAS MISTRESS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) XELSOX, this day. Fines totalling £&» were imposed on William Edward A. Sewenham by Mr. T E Maunsell S.M., on 13 charges of obtaining a total of £«0 10/ under the Employment Promotion Act by making false statements. Eleven charges related to a son whom defendant wa« not supporting and two to a woman whom he stated was his housekeeper, but whom he admitted was living with him as his mistress. The magistrate said he considered the defendant had put forward an audacious proposition. If the defence wa« upheld it meant than a man unemployed could take a woman and commit adultery, and if she did the housework he would call on the State to provide for her.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 302, 21 December 1937, Page 10
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