FIRMS DEFRAUDED.
SUM OF £3OOO INVOLVED. FINANCE COMPANIES' LOSSES. MAN ADMITS HIS GUILT. [BY TEtEGRArH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNBDIN, Friday. In the Police Court this morning Bernard Francis was charged with obtaining £966 10s from the Otago and Southland Finance Corporation by false pretences. He was also charged with obtaining £2013 15s 8d from the Mercantile Finance Corporation of Christchurch by false pretences. A third charge related to the forgery of two hire purchase agreement forms. The offences took place in 1926 and 1927. Accused pleaded guilty, and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20229, 13 April 1929, Page 10
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