CHARGE OF IMPERSONATION
DRAWING A BROTHER'S PENSION (United Press Association). PALMERSTON NY, March 28. At the Police Court to-day, James Stuart, a farmer of the Pohangina district, pleaded guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence on two charges of. impersonating John Stuart, deceased, with intent to fraudulently obtain two instalments of the deceased's war pension. The police stated that the accused and the deceased were brothers, living on the farm in Pohangina. On the death of John Stuart his brother had gone to the Post Office, and had successfully made' application for instalments of his deceased brother's war pensions. Counsel for the accused said that the latter had been drawing tho pension prior tQ the brother's death and thought ho was entitled to do so afterwards. The money obtained had been applied to funeral .expenses ; and the deceased's debts. , The amount had since been refunded.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 31 March 1923, Page 5
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148CHARGE OF IMPERSONATION Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 31 March 1923, Page 5
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