ACCUSED OF FORGERY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18722, 30 May 1924, Page 6

ACCUSED OF FORGERY.

AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY.

WOMAN ALLEGES ' A HOAX. _ FBI TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] : WELLINGTON, Thursday. : • Six charges of forgery, laid against Prank Ansell, were heard to-day. Evidence was given by. Mrs. Flint that Ansell boarded with her last year. - Accused arranged with her for, a' meeting with r a man named McEnroe. . This never took place, but in the meantime Ansell | obtained \ £200 • from her, : and she spent £200 ,jn buying her' trousseau. McEnroe, j she had been told, was a wealthy man j and anxious to marry her, but when she | met him he had been astonished to learn ;of the arrangements. She had received letters purporting " to, be from McEnroe, which accused had brought to the house; also, she ' had • received a telegram signed with McEnroe's name asking her to marry him.; ; Accused had told her that McEnroe was "a lovely , man," and had i plenty of money, and a motor-car. Ansell had "borrowed money before he began to talk of McEnroe, arid later had alleged a partnership agreement with 1 McEnroe, ~ thus obtaining . further " advances. "Look at the money I am making for you," accused ; had said. Phillip McEnroe denied ; sending f 1 the letters. • v - : j Accused, who .■ pleaded mi guilty, reserved his defence, and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. A ■ '