CREDIT BY FRAUD
LABOURER CONVICTED THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Thurwilay - Convicted of obtaining credit by fraud, John Godfrey McArthur, n labourer, aged 43, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr. W. F. Stilwell, S.M. Jt was stated that accused called at a warehouse at Auckland and represented himself as a member of the staff of the Devonport naval base, ordering 10 bottles of beer, two of cocktail and two of port wine, and stating it. was for an ex-naval men's gathering. He left Auckland and was later located at Wellington, where he made a frank statement to detectives. He had a number of convictions for similar types of offonce.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22984, 11 March 1938, Page 14
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114CREDIT BY FRAUD New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22984, 11 March 1938, Page 14
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