IMAGINARY EXPLOITS

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 23 August 1935, Page 8

IMAGINARY EXPLOITS

Man Who Surpassed the Feats of Bulldog Drummond

FALSE PRETENCE CHARGE “EXPERIENCES” AS A SPY (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, To-day. “Some of his exploits, purely imaginary, as related by himself surpasg even the performances of that hero of fiction, Bulldog Drummond, said the police prosecutor to-day when Frederick Henry Charles Jenks appeared on three charges under the Arms Act and one of obtaining £25 by false pretences; He pleaded guilty. The prosecutor said that Jenks, who called himself an agent, was given an automatic pistol to repair and. he had it for some months. He carried it about loaded and informed people that he was engaged on secret service work. For some time he had been known as Lieutenant Jenks and Captain Jenks. He also said that he had been employed by* the British and Australian Governments on secret service work. lie was also the Mr X who some time ago gave radio talks on his experiences as a spy during the war. As a matter of fact ne was not at the war. He had victimised people, but they were reluctant to come forward and make a complaint.

The magistrate: How has he been earning a living? The prosecutor: That’s a mystery. •'Counsel for accused said he denied carrying the gun loaded. ** The magistrate, remarking that the false pretence charge. rvas over two years old* granted probation and ordered restitution of the £25. On the gun charges he was fined £2 and costs.