GAOL SENTENCE.
CASE AT CHRISTCHURCH. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 22. Operating between Dunedin and Christchurch, Percy Hugh Reckenzaum represented himself to various people as the agent of an Auckland firm known as Slot Machines, Ltd., and by fore Mr H, P. Lawry, S.M., on eighteen persons. To-day he appeared before Mr H. L. Lawry, S.M., on eighteen counts of obtaining money by means of false pretences. There was a further charge of failing to comply with a maintenance order. Reckenzaum pleaded guilty and was sent to prison for twelve months for false pretences and for three months on the maintenance charge. Chief-Detective Dunlop said that Reckenzaum had “taken down” all classes of shopkeepers with a bogus story. The whole trouble with the man was drink and gambling.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 306, 23 November 1934, Page 12
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128GAOL SENTENCE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 306, 23 November 1934, Page 12
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