UNAUTHORISED COLLECTOR
I CLEVER RUSE ADOPTED COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE (Pe* United Pbkss Association.) FEILDING, May 21. Representing himself ns authorised to collect donations for the Presbyterian Orphanage and in support carrying a letter on orphanage paper with the correct signature, Albert Burton, alias Soutar, was before the court to-day charged with forgery and also with being a rogue and a vagabond. The' evidence showed that Burton had procured a genuine letter and had erased the body of the typewritten matter, leaving the signature of the superintendent, and had substituted other matter, thus representing his authority to collect. With this Burton had' deceived a large number of business men and residents and had collected a considerable sum. travelling by car over the Horowhenua, Manawatu and Feilding districts. He was arrested by Sergeant Angland last Thursday, and while being questioned tried to destroy the letter with a lighted match. Burton was formally charged with forgery. He pleaded guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22268, 22 May 1934, Page 7
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