FRAUD BY AUCKLANDER.
"ADVERTISING MONOPOLY;'' J VICTIM ADVANCES ■■■&s>■ 1 .1" ■ fBT . TELEGKAJ?H.rrPBXgS ■ TASSOCTXtroJwkMSI ■. ■' - WELLINGTON. ■Mpv&ffc. / .In the Supreme Court, Herbert ,Bfico\\ Macknelly < was charged that at Wel&iwiS he ; obtained £100 from: Gecil Rupert «#* ' by | falsely : representing that he had-'^l 1 ■ sole right from the.education ■ ,' to" distribute Advertising' matter < in,schoola per medium "of th«school journal ■• ■', The ■ Crown Prosecutor said. th¥:accatfa came from Auckland. ]Se inserted lowing advertisement: -," Partnfersbip l work, -£200' i sound proposition, £&'io-£w : weekly; ■. first capable ■ - inquirer ' invest*' :,- The advertisement was answered men,'''. Hart, and Saunder&v Macknelly, baHp lined the'scheme ;to ] both ;of ; agreed to invest. £200, paying £100Ato th*| prisoner' and the balance into the Bank-of New South , Wales as capital'. Hart'#»;■ somei canyassiiig. on behalf of the : cenjpftwM and ; discovered -there; were; others canvass-' ing. as well He '. instituted y inquiries' found that Macknelly did : not 'hord|w@ rights ' from the education' authorities., Accused denied ■~ false representsti6|feS but admitted he .had i no authority f??J* ? the Education Department. :"' Accused iaaao.; he kept 'a- confectioners shop in Aijck*, land ;' and; ; latterly >' had ;i been r a ~.b>yraaa;:|| He was found guilty and remanded -<"? ; sentence. .. -, - ■-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18471, 7 August 1923, Page 6
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186FRAUD BY AUCKLANDER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18471, 7 August 1923, Page 6
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