VALUELESS CHEQUES
FOOTBALL CAPTAIN'S FALL TWENTY-TWO CONVICTIONS [Pee United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, October 15. The captain of the Horowhenua Rugby Union First Fifteen last year, Archibald Cameron, appeared in the Magistrate’s Court this morning to face four charges of false pretences. Cameron pleaded guiltv and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment on three charges, the terms to be cumulative, and was convicted and discharged on the fourth. Cameron was described as a shepherd, aged 31, of Shannon. Mr Levvey was on the bench. The charges against Caiperon were that he obtained money and goods by means of valueless cheques drawn on the Bank of New Zealand.
Cameron had been in trouble before, and taunts about his early record drove him to drink, said Mr Brassington, who appeared for him. The result was that he committed a further series of offences. While playing for Horowhenua last year he had suffered an injury, as a result of which he was unable to work. It was then that he committed the offences.
Chief-detective Dunlop said that Cameron had purchased blank cheques from people who did not know_ him. He had 22 convictions, all for similar offences, and he could be declared an habitual criminal.
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Evening Star, Issue 22470, 15 October 1936, Page 10
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201VALUELESS CHEQUES Evening Star, Issue 22470, 15 October 1936, Page 10
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