FARMER'S FRAUD

NZ Truth, Issue 1128, 14 July 1927, Page 8

FARMER'S FRAUD

1 ALTHOUGH he had made J I ** several statements admit- | I- ting false stock returns to Dal- 1 1 gety and Co., as the result of § = which the firm had made ad- | ',| vances to, him, Thomas Brosna- | | han pleaded not guilty when he 1 I appeared before ;Mr. Justice / | I Ostlor and a jury at the Gis- = I borne Supreme Court on charges | 1 N of fraud. , | I Brosnahan's decision to go ."§ I 'back on his former statements | I , has cost him three .months of f 1 ' liberty. § I He ,was found guilty by ''the | I jury anil in. passing sentence his § I honor remarked' that he: might; | 1 have listened to counsel's plea I h for probation if, Brosnahan had § I pleaded guilty or if Jp£ } had de- I I fended the Charge without 1 I denying' his former statements. | 1 •jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^