PRISON FOR YEAR
FIFTY CONVICTIONS
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.? BLENHEIM, This Day.
His half-century in crime convictions was reached by Arthur Jeffrey Durrant, a labourer, in the Magistrate's Court this morning, when he pleaded guilty to two charges of false pretences. Released from Paparoa on April 9, the accused arrived at Blenheim on April 16. He made himself known to a hotel proprietor whom he told that he was driving a mob of sheep from Christchurch, where he had lost his cheque book. The hotel proprietor gave him a cheque, which he filled in and cashed, later repeating the performance at another Blenheim hotel. Both cheques were valueless. "This brings. your convictions up to the half-century," commented Mr. T. Maunsell, S.M., after perusing the accused's "list." "You have ten convictions ior false pretences and spent some of last year and the y«ar before in gaol."
A sentence of one year's imprisonment was imposed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 99, 28 April 1937, Page 13
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152PRISON FOR YEAR Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 99, 28 April 1937, Page 13
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