UNPAID TAXICAB FARE
FALSE PRETENCES CHARGE ACCUSED SENT TO PRISON [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION*] WELLINGTON, Wednesday In the Police Court to-day, Alfred Arthur Gurney, who was stated to have more than 20 previous convictions for dishonesty, was sent to prison for a month fpr imposing on a taxi-driver. Accused was stated to have obtained a ride to Plimmerton and back on the representation that ho was staying at a hotel in Wellington, from which he had telephoned for the taxi. On finding that accused was not going to pay, the taxi-driver proceeded to a police station and handed his fare over for investigation. The whole "tissue of lies" was then revealed, but there was no evidence of money.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21993, 27 December 1934, Page 10
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118UNPAID TAXICAB FARE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21993, 27 December 1934, Page 10
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