FORGERY AND UTTERING
Commenting that the prisoner needed further discipline or he would become addicted to crime, Mr. Justice Johnston, in the Supreme Court today; sentenced, Harpur Marumaru Paki, 19, who had pleaded guilty at Marion to forging and uttering a cheque for £3 15s, to two years' Borstal detention. His Honour said Paki had been leading a very irregular life and had previously been convicted for theft. ■■-';'■
Ronald Keith Smith, soldier- and shop assistant 23, was admitted to ■ probation for two years for forging and uttering a cheque for £10 3s, a condition being that he shall take out a prohibition order. He pleaded guilty at Palmerston North. His Honour .said that the prisoner passed himself off as an officer and took a cheque book from another officer's room. He,.was absent without leave and was drink* ing a good deal, but :reports showed that he was not ordinarily a heavy drinker. The offence, although serious/was his first, and the probation officer's report «.vas favourable. . • The Crown Prosecutor, Mr. W. -H. Cunningham, said the prisoner's .military record was-good. " >,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 5, 6 July 1943, Page 3
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