VALUELESS CHEQUES
SEVENTEEN CHARGES OF FALSE PRETENCES [Per United Press Association.] HASTINGS, May 23. An extensive dealing with valueless cheques resulted in the appearance before Mr Miller, S.M., or Melville Francis Fry, 28, a salesman, who pleaded guilty to 17 charges of false pretences. His activities resulted in him obtaining goods valued at £42 17s and money amounting to £33 by falsely representing that cheques tendered by him were valid. The accused was sentenced to two years’ reformative detention.
Only one of the offences was committed in Hawke’s Bay, on which ho was sentenced, the others being committed at Auckland, Tanranga, Otahuhu, Hamilton, Taupo, Te Awamutu, Ngaruawahia, and Pokeno, for which he was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within two years.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19390523.2.113
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 23273, 23 May 1939, Page 12
Word Count
127VALUELESS CHEQUES Evening Star, Issue 23273, 23 May 1939, Page 12
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in