FORGERY AND THEFT.
MAORI ADMITS HIS GUILT. COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE, Charges of forging another Maori's name to a money-order telegram for £30 and of stealing £30 belonging to that Maori, were preferred against Renata Moana, in the Police Court, before-Mr. J. E. Wilson, S.M., yesterday. Evidence was given by a post office clerk that on April 24, 1919, a Maori named Moko Nepe sent a telegram to Tinioti Kaiwai, of Ruatorea, asking him to send £30. On the same day the accused sent a telegram to Thomas Reedy, of Ruatorea, asking for £15, and signed the telegram " Moko Nepe." Subsequently he called at the post office, and on being told that £30 had arrived for Moko' Nepe, forged that Maori's name, and was paid the money Detective McHugh gave evidence as to the accused admitting the offence. The accused pleaded guilty to each charge, and ■was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17444, 14 April 1920, Page 8
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