CONVICTIONS FOR CRIME
lIALF-CENTURY REACHED YEAR'S IMPRISONMENT IMPOSED I [By Telegraph—Press Association] BLENHEIM, This Day. j His half-century in crime convictions' was reached this morning by Arthur Jeffrey Durrant. In the Magistrate’s Court, Durrant, a labourer, pleaded guilty to two charges of false pretences. He was released from Paparoa on 9th April. Accused arrived in Blenheim on 1 (3th April and made himself known to a hotel proprietor, whom he told he was driving a mob of sheep from Christchurch, where he had a good time but lost his cheque book. The hotel proprietor gave a cheque, which accused filled in and cashed, later repeating the performance at another Blenheim hotel. Both cheques were valueless. “This brings your convic tions up to half a century,” commented Mr T. E. Maunsell, S.M., after perusing accused’s list. “You have ten convictions for false pretences.” A sentence of a year’s imprisonment was imposed.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 28 April 1937, Page 6
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150CONVICTIONS FOR CRIME Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 28 April 1937, Page 6
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