INSURANCE CLAIM
ALLEGED FALSE DECLARA-^ TION
On 16th April-aShed on the farm of Gilbert ■ Hamilton- M'Mecking, at Ohariu Valley was destroyed by fire, and subsequently the State Fire Office paid £400 in respect of a policy covering the contents of the shed.
To-day in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice MacGregor and a jury of twelve, M' Meeking stood his trial on a , charge of making a false declaration with intent to mislead the State Fire Insurance Office into' believing that a manure distributor and a separator and its motor had been destroyed in the fire. He was further charged with obtaining £45 (the insured value of the manure distributor and separator and motor) by a false pretence.
The Assistant-Crown Prosecutor (Mr. C. Evans-Scott) appears for the Crown, and Mr. H. R. Biss for the accused.
Evidence along the lines \.f that given in tho Lower Court is being heard.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 105, 30 October 1931, Page 8
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150INSURANCE CLAIM Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 105, 30 October 1931, Page 8
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