STORY OF A SECRET INVENTION
falsi; representation ADMITTED (HUBS A.SSnCUTJO* TELECBA*.) WELLINGTON, July 25. George Edward Owen Cross, 40, a salesman, was charged to-day with obtaining from John Sydney Stringer, a customs official, £75 by falsely representing that he was an intelligence oflicer attached to the War Office, and had a secret invention which was being purchased by the New Zealand Government. Stringer was induced to part with the money, regardless of the fact that accused refused to disclose the nature of his invention or his private address. Accused pleaded guilty and was committed for sentence. Evidence was given that accused was arrested on the Mariposa at Auckland. He had assumed the name of Captain Bradley. Mention was made of a statement by accused alleging a certain other party was implicated in the case, and if there was anything in it, it probably would have sozne bearing on the sentence. The magistrate, Mr E. Page, suggested that counsel should submit the matter to the judge, who would deal with it, and the detective-sergeant said a report would be furnished within the next day or two.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21226, 26 July 1934, Page 7
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