FALSE CREAM TESTS
PENALTY FOR FRAUD ON DAIRY COMPANY By TBi.EGßArn— Press Association. Palmerston North, May 8. In tho Supreme Court to-day, Henry Simpson, Arthur Melvin Taylor. Otto Klrqghar, and Richard Gavigan appeared for sentence, having pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of consniracy to defraud the Cheltenham Dairy Co. by furnishing false cream tests. In sentencing Simpson to six months in gaol, His Honour said ho had been convicted on charges of fraud. His offence was a most serious one. His Honour did not believe Simpson’s Statement that the offences dated from November, but took the view that they had been going on for a longer period. Sentence would not bo heavy, as it was the prisoner’s first lapse. Addressing the other accused His Honour said the ends of justice would be served by fines. Kreglicr and Tavlor were each fined £lOO. payable on August 1, the penalty for default being eight months’ imprisonment. Gavigan was fined £5O, in default four months’ imprisonment.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 192, 9 May 1924, Page 5
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163FALSE CREAM TESTS Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 192, 9 May 1924, Page 5
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