A GIRL DEFRAUDED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19141, 6 October 1925, Page 10

A GIRL DEFRAUDED.

YOUNG MAN'S IMPUDENCE. FALSE PRETENCES CHARGES. "A BLACKGUARD AND LIAR." 4 : ft ■ " 1 ' SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT. 'v h'' ' fBX rKLEGBATH. OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] DUKEDIN, Monday. Except that a deserted wife and a deceived girl waitress at a Dunedm tearooms figured in the case, the hearing of the charges against Frank Norman Lloyd provided, a somewhat hilarious farce at the Police Court this morning. Lloyd, k*,en charged under the name of Maurice Norman Raymond, appeared last week to answer the following charge.:—That, on August 28 at Auckland, Raymond did obtain of and from Charles Hacscoiube Kingsford one suit case and one shaving gear case of a total value of £8 Bs, by means of a certain false pretence, to wit, by stating that the goods were intended as a presentation to the manager of the Fuller Brush Company, at Auckland; that he obtained of and from Schneideman and. Sons two suits of clothes of the value of £l4 10s 6d by means of a valueless cheque ||! the Bank of Australasia; obtained of oiid from Dawson and Company, jewelers, a watch and chain and cuff links of • total value ol £ls, also by means of a valueless cheque. The worst' feature of the case, however, was prosaically outlined in the remaining count: That ha obtained from the girl to whom he had become " engaged " tho sum of £SO by means of a valueless cheque. He appeared before Mr. H. W. Bundle, P.M., to-day to answer the following additional charge That, being the husband of Florence Lloyd, of Christchurch, he bad failed to provide adequate maintenance for her. Letter from the Accused. " A take-down, posing and swanking on other people's money as a man of iro portance" was the description. ChiefBeteetive Lewis gave to the man, "To show Your Worship what kind of man he is,*' added the chief detective, " I will hand in this letter." The letter handed in had the heading of " The Fuller Brush Company, Hartford (Conn.). Fuller Brush, Co., Ltd., Hamilton, Canada," and was dated Septem bei 2 in the hand of a pooriy-eduoatad man. It read; — " Dear Miss —, I cannot conceal from myself the fact that in approaching you as I did I committed a well-nigh unpardonable breach of ettique, but when you have favoured me by reading this ephistle I trust, you will not only forgive my presumptiveness, but accept this as •an ultimatum of good faith. lam at present on six months' vacation from my Hartford office and will be staying in Dunedinf most of that time. My impulsiveness has proved that I am very temperamental, likewise romantic, and I'm sure our acquaintance is just part of the destiny that controls all things. It is needless to add more now. I value your friendship too much to ramble on into what the ignorant would call idiocracy. I am deeply grateful to you for giving me the informs' oa this afternoon and look forward With, great pleasure to the time when I will have the right to call you 'friend.' Au revoir until Friday. Hoping our next meeting will enable ir.e to tell you more about myself with the greatest of pleasure I sign myself, yours very sincerely, Maurice N. Raymond, sailes manager, Fuller Brush Co., Hartford." Imposing Visiting Cards. The chief detective also handed to the magistrate ''cards" used by accused the text of which was:—"Flight-Commander J. X Powell, D.F.C., Aviation Department, U.S. Naval Reserve," and "WingCounamoder Sir Maurice Raymond, 3LC.M.G., D,5.0., M.C., pilot of U.S. Boston, round the world flight,, 1922." This week the claim of knighthood was dropped by the accused, wh« said it was his father who was the K.C.M.G. The man, said Chief-Detective Lewis, was born in New Zealand in 1899 and was a labourer who had been posing as a •'flying nun." The firms had grown suspicious of him after the cheques had been tried an them. Since then the suits, the cuff links and the watch and chain had been recovered. "What about the £50?" asked the magistrate. The young woman, said the chief detective, was employed in a Dunedin tea shop. Lloyd became acquainted with heir and whether through his overtures or otherwise she had since left her occupation. The "marriage" was to take place on Friday, October 2. He had spent practically all the money. The clothes: and shoes were recovered by the police after the man's arrest. "Irf getting this £SO from the young woman, 'said the chief detective, "he gave her a cheque for £IOO, stating that he had £I7OO in Auckland that was tied op for the moment He was a complete stranger to the woman at the .time." Previous convictions against Lloyd were on two charges of theft at Christchurch on April 28, 1923., He was wanted in Auckland on the charges of false pretences and the Auckland police had stated that there would probably be other charges. He was likewise wanted in. Christchurch for failure to maintain his wife. , 44 STo Criminal Intent." fit is quite true that I have money in Auckland," was the accused's reply to the magistrate's .question as to whether he had anything to say. "I came here with no criminal intent," he went on. "I gave the girl the cheque for £IOO raore as a receipt than anything else. I could have redeemed it on the sth." "He does not account for the steamer incident," remarked the chief-detective referring to the fact that the accused had taken a ' steamer ticket to Melbourne. "What aboiit these cards ?" asked the magistrate, holding up to the accused the two portentioas visiting cards that the police had put into Court. "I_ have the D.F.C.," said the accused; ] "which I won in France. When I was > in the United States I had another name registered and am in the reserve." the K.C.M.G. ?" he was asked. My father was a knight. He was in charge of the air defences cf London." "How did you meet this girl ?" "Oh,. by accident." "You were going to leavo the girl after defrauding her of this money?" k"I had no intention of "defrauding "Did you intend to marry her ?" "Yes, eventually." "With a wife in Christchurch ?" said the magistrate. Lloyd made another claim that ho had been educated at a well established L hristehurch college. "Lloyd, _ you are a miserable blackpiard and' a liar into the bargain," said the magistrate. That was the " only comment he made in convicting accused and sentencing him to six months' imprisonment on 'the charge of defrauding the f irl. On the other charges of false pretences at Dunedin he was convicted, and On the Auckland charge of false pretences and the Christchurch charge of fcife desertion he was 'remanded to appear in the" respective cities. "The girl was foolish," commented the hagistrate, when the chief-detective laisen the question of having the value M the goods in accused's possession re-' lundet to her. e accused refused jo sigi; arj order counting to this, said I. fee magistrate, application could again E k fuade to Uie Court* I