NINE BAD CHEQUES
Man Admits Charges Of False Pretences How William Scholes, engraver, aged 51, obtained from various persons sums totalling £76 by giving valueless cheques was told in the Magistrates’ Court, 'Wellington, yesterday when he was charged with false pretences. He pleaded guilty to the nine charges preferred and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence next Tuesday. Nine witnesses told of money being supplied to accused on the understanding that cheques he made out were valid. The offences were committed at Trentham, Marton, Christchurch, Auckland ami Wanganui, and the sums for which the cheques were drawn ranged from £3 to £lO. Statements were produced by a constable and a detective, in which accused admitted that he knew he bad not sufficient money in the bank when he drew the cheques for the bank 'to honour, all except the first one. Mr. Luxford, S.M., was on the 'bench,
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 6, 2 October 1941, Page 10
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150NINE BAD CHEQUES Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 6, 2 October 1941, Page 10
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