FALSE COMPLAINT
YOUNG MAN'S FOOLISH ACT. WELLINGTON, December 9. An unusual story was disclosed at Court, to-day, when Cecil Wilfred Norris, pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the police. It was stated that he called at the Taranaki Street Police Station and made a complaint regarding the loss pf £270, in a roll of £5 notes in Woolworth’s, Cuba Street. Later, he admitted the complaint Was bogus. Defendant said that he recently married, and his wife’s people were under the impression he had saved approximately £lOO. He gave them this impression ,and on Friday, was supposed to draw this money out of the P.O. Savings Bank. Actually his amount in the bank was very meagre. The police said that false . complaints were serious, for in addition to causing unnecessary work, they cast suspicion on perhaps innocent persons. Defendant said he lost his head and did not know what he was doing. Mr Stout, S.M., convicted him, and imposed a fine of £2 with costs.
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Grey River Argus, 10 December 1938, Page 7
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166FALSE COMPLAINT Grey River Argus, 10 December 1938, Page 7
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