A FALSE ALARM
LANDLORD'S SUBTERFUGE
(By Telegraph.—PreM Aitociation.)
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.
John Gcarschawski was charged in the Magistrate's Court with causing a wrongful message to be sent over the telephone. The police said the. accused was the owner,of a house at Marshland. Ho had let it, but > wanted possession, and used a subterfuge, thinking that If he could get the police out they would gain admittance, and he would be able to put the tenants' furniture out. Therefore he went to a neighbour and asked lier to i-ing uj/ the police, stating that there was a dead man in the house. "To put some colour, or anyway smell, to his story," added the Sub-Inspector, 'flic put some stale meat in the house. There -was no one there when two constables arrived. The accused then said that if the tenant was not 'dead there he was dead somewhere else."
The defendant was fined £25, in default three' months' imprisonment.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 117, 20 May 1930, Page 10
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158A FALSE ALARM Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 117, 20 May 1930, Page 10
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