FALSE PRETENCES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 65, 17 March 1911, Page 2

FALSE PRETENCES.

A HALF-CASTE SWINDLER. §

[press association.]

TAIHAPE, March 16. A sensation was created here yes■terday when a half-caste woman, who had posed as the possessor of untold wealth, was arrested after being identified as Martha Tainui, an habitual criminal released in October Jast on license. :

The woman has very insinuating manners, sirid completely da»sd«sd the business men with her alleged wealth. She claimed to be the daughter of Colonel Macdonald, presumably meaning Colonel McDonnell. She was driven about by land agents and entertained by them and others. She talked of giving large benefactions to public objects in the town. When searched by the police, she possessed only one penny. ' She was charged with false pretences this morning and remanded till to-morrow.