VALUELESS CHEQUES
(II MHQRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATIOH.)
HAMILTON, This Day.
IToward James Thomas, an ex-school-master, pleaded guilty tn seven .charges (if intent to defraud liy iswiiiiff valueless cheques to I lie amount, (it £17. Tinpolice stilled Hint oilier cheque* hud bi-en issued, ri-pre.seiiliiig all lultl £50 lOx. It wa.-i a case of opening a snifill banking account, olilaining a chequebook, and issuing the cheques-. The accused had hitherto borno a good, character, hut .was living apart from . his wife nnd had come under the spoil of another woman. Many of the ■cheque.' had been issued lo pay for inirchnt-ci l:.y this l.idy. The arciW'l was aihnilted lo probation for Iwclvo inmiliii-- t-u cpiidiliou that tUs niquei' ia restored,.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 52, 29 August 1925, Page 8
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116VALUELESS CHEQUES Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 52, 29 August 1925, Page 8
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