FALSE PRETENCES

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 429, 11 February 1909, Page 9

FALSE PRETENCES

.•vl' ; iN:; , ■: v; V:l-"-^\ / ■'■'■■■ Punodin, February W,l '. Alexander StewartiMcKonzie,-alias Forbes. Wight;- alias .Alfred Bradley,;alias Burgess; appeared .'before. Mr, .Widdowsori, S;M., .at the City .Police• Court to-day on tho. following charges ::—(1) That at Auckland on "Jami,ary.:l7,' .1908,: ho .did obtain £3 'from Mr, : Dacrd by;' meansof false pretences, by, re-: presenting that ho 'had furniture '■',- to. the value of £(oj. which he; wished Dacre to.pur-,; .chaso'i J (2)-'Th'at:'.on or about.; January.,ll, r 1008," at..Auokland,' : he; did, ,by false,pretences, /obtain ;from, one Perkins, ;.a ■' peram-, bulaior valued.at.£l, witlrintentto defraud; Accused pleaded.guilty to each-charge';-.'.-' '. ./(Chief-Uetective; Herbert'said : accused-v/as 'all: present'.iv prisoner; in Dunediri Gaol, 'serv:ing a .term': of six -months 'for. two - forgeries, and.one theft.': The' '.bifonces. now, ..charged werp,committed bbforo thosq,.'for which he: was how:incarcerated.. 'Accused, who was a; married /mail, :soId r his/furniture. to an Auckland auctioneer, and subsequently resold it to another- auctioneer., for £3;. .and then, went to the* ; tirst: auctioneer, .'"and 'by, means. of' misreprosenfcatipn,:'got back 'the.'..perambulator, according, to .the- charge. ...,'';; • :■'■'■ :■..'.■ Accused forwarded a letter 'to his Worship, ;in which he.stated::."The only excuse I, can offer' for .my crime/is, that .1 was, in urgent need of: money, and did; not know where: to obtain it. thV.'men I victimised- wefe:rcp'uted to be shrewd business men, and'their negligence mado ■'o'rimo.'easy;.for., me. .'.'.They accepted ;rriy-story.; when, by' making a ;few simple inquiries, they could have saved them-, selves, loss and : mo from crimor.' Some little time after ..conimitting the crime I.left.Auckland, and:kiiowing that a warrant was issued for ; my. arrest,;.:! could, not, remain long .in one place, and consequently, became short of money, ■' and; in .desperation . I .committed tho crimes for which I am; now-'undergoing sentence.' I. am .only a young .man, barely 24, and if; your Worship should sea fit to extend .leniency towards me, I. faithfully, promise never to be party, to another, dishonourable aot under: any ; circumstances. It is my" intention, at, expiry of ,my-'■ .sentoiice,'. to', leave tho Dominion, and by sticking to my ; trade do '.my utmost-to retriove my lost; reputa":■;'V-. - v .: ; ' : ■:■'■;/•' ~'"'•'•''•'■ .'.;■".•... Accused. ; was sentenced to one ; month's imprisonment; on tho perambulator, charge, and to' three months' on. the other count, the sentences to be concurrent with the present bhe. '.<'..) .'!'.•'; :■'■'."'■:'■'':','.'. : : "• • •