FALSE PRETENCES

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 69, 18 September 1930, Page 17

FALSE PRETENCES

MAX "BUYS" MOTOR-CYCLE

Apparently because he did not hay» sufficient money to purchase a motorcycle, Frederick Emanuel Simmiss hit upon the idea of obtaining one by means of a valueless cheque.

He obtained the motor-cycle all right, but as a result of his action, he appeared in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. E. Page, S.M., on a

charge of obtaining from Thomas Henry Oates, a motor-cycle, a pair of overalls, and £1 in money of a total value of £.70 by means of a false pretence.

Simmiss, who pleaded guilty, was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.

Thomas Henry Oates, motor importer, said that as a result of an appointment made by tcloi)houe, he saw the accused at his shop on the 19th August. The accused stated he wanted to buy a motor-cycle. lie said his name was Simmonds, and was a bridge inspector in the- employ of the Public Works Department at Ohakunc. He selected a motor-cycle valued at iS6o, and overalls and a helmet valued at £4. The accused asked for a cheque form on the National Bank, and said that he had £800 in that bank at Tauniarunui.' The witness had no cheque on that bank, but gave- him. one from his book on the Bank of New Zealand. The accused altered it to read the "National Bank at Taumarunui," and filled it in for £70. The total articles purchased amounted to £69, and the witness gave the accused £1 change. Detective Hardy said the accused was arrested at Gisborne on the 9th September.

Sub-Inspector Ward said that the motor-cycle had been recovered.