FALSE PRETENCES

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 June 1936, Page 5

FALSE PRETENCES

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CHRISTCHURCH, June 12

"Cheeky is the only expression for it," said the Magistrate (Mr. Levvey). when he was informed that John McLean, when he appeared in the Magistrate's Court, this morning, was wearing a suit he obtained by false pretences. “He wears the suit, doesn't pay for it, and obtains it by fraud, and then wants to be treated leniently,” added the Magistrate, addressing Mr. Amodeo, McLean’s counsel. McLean was charged that, on March 11. at Ashburton, he obtained one suit of clothes valued at JL‘4/1/6, by falsely representing that a bicycle which he deposited as security was his own property, and that he paid £8 for it. He pleaded guilty. The police said that McLean’s record was not good, as he had been sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment on two charges of theft at Timaru. At Dunedin, he had been sentenced to two months’ imprisonment for false pretences, and one month for theft. All these offences had occurred in 1934. «

"Your record is not such a good one,” said the Magistrate’ addressing McLean, “and you had better be a little more careful.” He ordered McLean to come up for sentence if called upon within twelve months, repayment for the suit to be made through the Probation Officer.