A MONTH'S IMPRISONMENT
NOT A CASE FOR- A FINE.
(ir TILEOKAPH.— PSS3S ASSOCIATION:)'
,; - ■•■-AUCKLAND,..This..Day:,.. ; Abraham WaDoy . Mphanid Salaman was sentenced' to one month's' imprisonment by Mr.rPoyntqn, S.M., on changes of attempting to receive money by false pretences. • For falsely pretending ta :be a doctor skilled -in the treatment •orphy^; sical diseases "and ailnients he was'"con-" victed' arid order to pay^ "costs"- : ■'Mr.' Pdyhton-said': "'lt is .not- a" case" .for a fine. He can easily pass the peh-~ alty on. A shilling a week-on his'dupes would quickly give him the amount and a little surplus for his trouble. A.bad feature' "in" this case 'is that he gives opium- in his- night- medicine 'to Wke his patients sleep. There: is also' strych.nine in some of his preparations': Numerous drug addicts were' formerly ' made ! by medicines received from even qualifie'a'pr'ictifio'ners, but'.'now;:ttie greatest. cai-e,is"taken:to-aV6id this'in administering such drugs as opium., A quack would, of course, have no such scruples. Aribther" regrettable 'thing is the" number of Maoris which Salaman seems to bo- humbugging. \Vhites deserve littl* sympathy, but Natives siiould be "protected." " ... . "
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 145, 16 December 1924, Page 6
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178A MONTH'S IMPRISONMENT Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 145, 16 December 1924, Page 6
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