SUPREME COURT.
CASES AT BLENHEIM. Per Press Association. BLENHEIM, July 15. Found guilty after his trial on a charge of attempted false pretences by endeavouring to have a cheque cashed at a bank where lie had_ no account, John Joseph Francis Kennedy, 21, a labourer, was admitted to two years’ probation by Mr Justice Ostler to-day. • Percy Preston Pierce, a married man, a labourer, charged alternatively with indecent and common assault on a domestic servant employed by him, pleaded guilty to the minor count and v.as admitted to probation for a year. Both accused were ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution. A FALSE TELEGRAM. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, July 15. In the Supreme Court W illiam Jack Waddell 29, was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment on a charge or sending a false telegram.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19360716.2.23
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 202, 16 July 1936, Page 2
Word Count
135SUPREME COURT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 202, 16 July 1936, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in