A CLUMSY FORGERY
Having pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery at Gisborne, Norman James Arnold appeared for sentence before Mr. Justice Reed in the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon. Mr. W. P. Shorland, who appeared for' the prisoner, said that Arnold had altered the amount of a cheque. The attempt was quite unsuccessful, and counsel suggested that the forgery was of such, a clumsy nature that it had very little chance of success. Fortunately no one had suffered any monetary loss. The prisoner was 21 years of age, and this was the first occasion on which he had ever been before the Court. Counsel asked that the prisoner should be given another chance. "It is stupid to do this, said his Honour, addressing the prisoner. You have had a good character and reputation, and now you have smashed it. I agree with what your counsel says: that the alteration was a clumsy one, and could not have deceived anyone. The prisoner was admitted to probation for a period of two years. Mr. P. S. 'K. Macassey appeared for the Crown. • ■ -
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 152, 29 June 1935, Page 7
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180A CLUMSY FORGERY Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 152, 29 June 1935, Page 7
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