GOLF PROFESSIONAL’S LAPSE
VALUELESS CHEQUES ISSUED (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 6. Described, as a- golf professional, &• iV. Ritchie pleaded guilty to obtaining Aiiey and goods by false pretences, if, was statea that he had been following his occupation at Haiwera, but had been unemployed for six or seven months. He knew he had no money in the bank but issued a number of cheques, mainly to hotel-keepers. J.he excuse was made that lie had been on a drinking bout. , , For Ritchie it was. urged that he would lose his profession and it would ’-o necessary! for him to follow some other occupation. . He was admitted to probation ±oi l wc years and ordered to make restitution; also take out a prohibition order.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 6 March 1931, Page 9
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123GOLF PROFESSIONAL’S LAPSE Hawera Star, Volume L, 6 March 1931, Page 9
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