MAGISTRATE’S COURT.
FALSE PRETENCES CASE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 30. . Described by the police as one of the type of men who come in from the Old Country frequently with the idea that they can impose on people in this country ad lib, Alexander Campbell Creighton, aged 27, a chemist, pleaded guilty to charges of false pretences involving a total of £35. Creighton urged that he was not a criminal and claimed that all the offences had occurred in a few days while he was drinking heavily. He' said he had been working for a construction company with a pick and shovel. The Magistrate: How long? I'or an hour? Creighton : No. For a fortnight. A sentence of six months’ hard labour was imposed in respect of one charge and accused was ordered to <•01110° up for sentence if called upon within six months on the others.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 127, 30 April 1937, Page 8
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