SUSTENANCE FRAUD
(By Telejjrapb.—i'rpsp Association.) PALMERSTQN N.,. This Day!. Charged with obtaining. sustenance payment by misleading^ an .official under the Employment Promotion Act, John Barnes; a : painter, pleaded! JguUty in the Magistrate's Court. . r - •'■ A representative of the Employment Department stated that the : defendant had been ■ paid; sustenance ait the rate of £1 i3s weekly from June 13-tb-Jttly. 18. Though he had earned £12 in that period, he had declared his earnings as £3 6s 6d, thereby overdrawing'by the sum of £5 4s. This was the defendant's, second offence.. . Qn May j24 lie was convicted and ordered to Refund £15..■,':.:.." .■." '■ : .-:,-■■':) ': The Magistrate imposed-.?-, fine .of £ 10, saying, "This sort, (ft, thing;' has got to stop." ■'»-....;"'.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 65, 14 September 1936, Page 11
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115SUSTENANCE FRAUD Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 65, 14 September 1936, Page 11
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