DECLARED HABITUAL CRIMINAL
'B6 CHARGES ADMITTED FALSE PRETENCES AND THEFT (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 15. William George Thomas, aged 45. a printer and labourer, appeared in the Supreme Court to-day for sentence on 82 charges of false pretences and four of theft, to which he had pleaded guilty. He was sentenced by Mr Justice Smith to four years’ imprisonment with hard labour and was dec.ared a habitual criminal. His Honour said that as far as he knew, the number of charges to come before the Court on any one occasion must be a record He found it difficult to see how the prisoner was allowed to proceed round the country for three years issuing the cheques. It was a sad reflection to think that that sort of crime had been able to be arried on for such a period, although he presumed it had been difficult for the police to track him.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23744, 16 September 1942, Page 3
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