A "MARRIED" MAN
DEFRAUDING THE GOVEUN- ■ . MENT.
By attesting when he returned fro.ni.-'----aotive service in 1919 that he . \v;is a. ' married man, which gave him the be,ii'f^~ * fit of receiving one shilling"more' than .- a single man, William Francis Harri- ■ son, 43 years of age, received an amount." totalling £37. As a result of liis actions) he was chargpd •" before Mr. E. Page, • S.M., at the; Magistrate's Court tp-dav with obtaining' from the New Zealand "~ Government £1 18s 4d by falsely representing he w?. s a married man. : Accused pleaded guilty. - Mr. W. Perry, who appeared for TTarrison, said Ins client attested in 1917 sis a single maii, ajicl -when he rotuvneil- ■■■, .Froiu active service in 1919 he attested'' as a married man, (he reason tieiug. " that lie desired to live vrilit' a woman whom he had met. Had lie not maintained that wornan and her three children, she probably would have beconie a charge pn the State. Counsel saicl his client was willing to repay' the .-mount at the rate of 10s a. week, "lie suggested it was a pase where; llig accused might be convicted a,ud ordered to come up for sentence when called ■upon. ''' Ths Magistrate remanded accuEed' Jill'-'— to-morrow moraina fcir eaataica.-- - ■- •-*•*
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 131, 4 June 1924, Page 5
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205A "MARRIED" MAN Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 131, 4 June 1924, Page 5
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