EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 24 January 1914, Page 5

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

V CHARGE OF BANK FRAUD

BT CABLE -PBESS ASSOCIATION— COPYBIU&T.

SYDNEY, Jan. 23

Frederick Dutton, alias Louis Frost, was charged to-day with stealing £900, the property of the Bank of Australasia. Defendant is lame, and has one useless arm. Evidence showed that he presented a cheque for £701 on his jawn account. He was told that he only had £30 to his credit, but he said he had paid £820 into his account. Subsequently he presented two other cheques for £100 each. These were duly paid, on the assumption that the cheque for £900 on the Bank of New Zealand would be met, but it was ""dishonored.

" The accountant of the Bank of New Zealand said he knew defendant, who had an accoimt at the bank.

■ Defendant admitted his real name was Frost, a commercial traveller, livings in New Zealand, and also admitted that he owed the bank the money. He: had no dishonest intentions. He expected to be able to meet the cheque. He spent the £900 on racing! in one month. ije was committed for trial, bail beina'allowed in sureties of two sums of £600. '