CREDIT BY FRAUD
♦ i — "The defendant, who was engaged in selling rabbits, hired a car from week to week, paying only a small sum and claimed to offset the balance against moneys which he said were owing to him from a third party," said Sub-Inspector C..E. Roach in the Magistrate's Court this morning, when a young man whose name was ordered to be suppressed pleaded guilty before Mr. E. D. Mbsley, S.M., to obtaining credit by fraud to the extent of £1S 13s Bd. The offence was committed in Invercargill. When asked by Mr. Modey for an explanation, the defendant said that he had no Intention of fraud when he contracted the liability. * A term of two years' probation was imposed and the defendant was ordered to pay costs, 10s. A condition was imposed that the defendant furnish * weekly return of his earnings to the Probation Officer. "This is done," said Mr. Mosleylto the defendant, "with the object of > instiffirig the excellent qualities of thrift."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 129, 2 June 1936, Page 3
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165CREDIT BY FRAUD Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 129, 2 June 1936, Page 3
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