MAORI'S FALSE PRETENCES.
VALUELESS CHEQUES ISSUED. [bt telegbape.--i , bess ASSOCIATION.] WANGANUL Wednesday. . A novel scheme adopted by a young educated Maori, Waatu Matenga, for raising money was revealed in the. Police Court to-day, when he pleaded guilty to 10 charges of obtaining money by means of valueless cheques amounting to £73 Is from tradesmen in Wanganui, Marton, and Stratford. At one time accused had a small banking account in Waipukorau, and before he commenced operations he falsified a pass book to represent a large sum to his credit. The hook was produced when the cheques were issued to support the suggestion that he was a man of means. Mr. Wyvern Wilson, 8.M., sentenced accused to 12 months' reformative detention.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16983, 17 October 1918, Page 4
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119MAORI'S FALSE PRETENCES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16983, 17 October 1918, Page 4
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