RELIEF WORK BY FRAUD
SERIOUS VIEW TAKEN
A MONTH'S GAOL
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
BLENHEIM, This Day,
James .C'ootes pleaded guilty to a charge of falso pretences Said was sentenced to a month's hard labour.
The accused had secured £9 17s from the Haveloek Unemployment Committee by stating that ho was maintaining three children. He was thus given work for four days a week under the employment scheme, whereas, having no dependants, he was entitled only to two days' work a week.
The Magistrate took a serious view of the case.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 7, 8 July 1931, Page 11
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90RELIEF WORK BY FRAUD Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 7, 8 July 1931, Page 11
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