"CHEATING THE PUBLIC"
MAN SENT TO GAOL FOR SIX
MONTHS.
"This man has evidently been cheating the public for some time," remarked Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., tliis morhing when Joseph H. Cornish was brought up for sentence on two charges of issuing valueless cheques for £4 and £10 respectively and one charge of theft, which was committed at the end of 1919, and involved a sum of £20. Mr. J. S. Hanna appeared for the accused. The Probation Officer (Mr. T. P. Mills) said .that his report regarding Cornish was by no means satisfactory. In addition to. the present offences, Cornish had also issued other valueless cheques. Cornish had also obtained money in Nelson and Blenheim on a patent which had been abandoned. Mr. Hauna : " This is the first time the accused has been before the Court. 1 The Magistrate: "That's his luck," . 'Mr. Hanna asked that Cornish should not be sent to gaol, as he would not then be able to proceed with his patents. Furthermore, he was a mimed man with four young children.. Mr. Hunt sentenced Cornish to three, months' imprisonment on each charge of false pretences, the terms to be cumulative, and convicted and discharged him on the charge of theft.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 39, 15 August 1921, Page 7
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