FORGERY.
[per press association.] AUCKLAND, This Day. A tall, delicate looking man named William Anderson, with a number of aliases, was charged at the Police Con it with forging and uttering several cheques of various tradespeople in town. Accused, who pleaded guilty, gave no explanation as to why he perpetrated the foregries involving altogether some £5 or £6. He was convicted, and was about to ho committed for sentence, when he fainted, and had to he removed from the court. Ho was brought hack into the court later, and duly committed.
Edgar Hodgson was charged with forging a cheque for £4 on the Bank of New South Wales, and also with obtaining £2 from Edward McGinley by means of a valueless cheque. Hodgson pleaded guilty, stating that as the result of a kick from a horse three years ago a glass or two of drink drove him silly. About a month ago his father was drowned, and a drinking bout had taken place as the result. Accused was convicted, and committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 July 1907, Page 4
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