SIGNING TELEGRAMS
NAME USED WITHOUT AUTHORITY A SERIOUS OFFENCE (United Preis Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day The seriousness of signing without authority the name of another person to a telegram was emphasised in the. Police Court. Edgar Vincent Roberts pleaded guilty to two charges of wilfully delivering to a telegraph officer a telegram purporting to be signed by "Marie" without the authority of the said Marie, and of wrongfully signing a telegram with the name of another person without, authority. The magistrate. Mr l'\ K. Hunt, said the public must he. warned of the seriousness of the offence. The maximum penalty was £IOO or 12 months' imprisonment. Defendant was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, and was also ordered to pay 16s costs.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 9 October 1926, Page 7
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127SIGNING TELEGRAMS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 9 October 1926, Page 7
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