FALSE PRETENCE CHARGES.
WARNING BY MAGISTRATE. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Aug. 4. .Eva May Maguire, aged 47, and her daughter, Hilda Madden, aged 24, to-day pleaded guilty to seven charges of obtaining £4 2s 6d by false pretences. The police stated that accused had systematically answered advertisements inserted by country people who wanted domestics. Letters in reply were sent by the younger woman, who offered her services, but asked that the train fare (£5) be sent. Sums of money ranging from 2s 6d to £2 2s were sent and collected a.t a Post Office address by the mother. The Magistrate (Mr R. McKean), following an appeal by the probation officer, granted accused probation and ordered that restitution be made. “If further offences are disclosed as a result of tho publicity this case gets I will consider whether I will impose further punishment,” the Magistrate added.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 211, 6 August 1934, Page 2
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145FALSE PRETENCE CHARGES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 211, 6 August 1934, Page 2
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