FALSE PRETENCES.
"A PROPERTY IN WALES."
[by TELEGRAPH.—PRESS association.] Wellington', Wednesday. The criminal sessions of tho Supreme Court concluded to-day with the hearing of a charge of false pretences against a young man named William James Geddys Hughes. It was alleged that Hughes borrowed sums of money, totalling £50, from two old people named Blake, at Karon", representing that lie would shortly receive money from a property in Wales. The accused was found guilty and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14689, 25 May 1911, Page 5
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