RELIEF SCHEME FRAUDS
VARIATION IN SENTENCE [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Monday The Court of Appeal varied to years' reformative detention the sto tenco of two years' imprisonment hard labour imposed upon James Morris by Mr. Justice *° r croft at Greymouth on February 28. Accused was charged with obtainM £212 Os 4d from the Government oy false pretences, and with atterop _ to obtain fraudulently a further , of £SO. The frauds were commit* under the No. 10 unemployment scfiW"; prisoner overstating the amount wages, paid to employees for tne P pose of obtaining a greater subsidy.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22404, 28 April 1936, Page 14
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95RELIEF SCHEME FRAUDS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22404, 28 April 1936, Page 14
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