FALSE STORY
STORY OP ROBBERY MAN GAOLED AT HAMILTON [Special to "Northern Advocaxeri HAMILTON This Day. Described as the second case of its kind, a charge of making a false written statement to the police, without a genuine belief of its truth, was preferred against Frank Newsoip Bird, a chiropodist, aged 28, who appeared in the Police Court today. He pleaded guilty. Detective J. Thompson said the case was laid under the Police Offenders’ Amendment Act, 1935. There were a number of bad features attached to it On. Christmas Eve accused, who recently started in business, made a complaint to the police that he had had a scuffle with two men, who robbed him of £BO.
The police made extensive enquiries, but could not verify the allegations. Later it was discovered that accused cashed a valueless cheque for £lO and visited Taupo on the proceedings. He then obtained £SO from somewhere and reimbursed the Hamilton business man, to whom he gave the cheque. No information had been laid under that head.
On his return to Hamilton, Bird persisted with the story, and suggested to an hotelkeeper' that if he gave him £BO he would not press the allegation. Later Bird admitted that the whole story was a lidax. There was one previous conviction at Auckland last July, when accused was ordered to come up for sentence for the theft of a revolver.
This man has put the police to a lot of trouble, and he might have involved innocent persons, added the detective.
On behalf of accused, Mr W. J. King said the police naturally had a per sonal feeling against accused, and the offence was not serious. The whole trouble was due to over-indulgence in drink on Christmas Eve. Justices of the Peace convicted accused and sentenced him to two months’ hard labour.
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Northern Advocate, 10 January 1936, Page 2
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