FALSE PRETENCES
CUSTOMS OFFICIAL DUPED "A SECRET INVENTION." (Pee United Pbess Association.) WELLINGTON, July 25. George Edward Owen Cross, aged 40 years, a salesman, was charged to-day with obtaining from John Sydney Stringer, a Customs official, £75 by falsely representing that he was an intelligence officer attached to the War Office, and had a secret invention which wa6 being purchased by the New Zealand Government. Stringer was induced to part with the money regardless of the fact that the accused refused to disclose the nature of the invention or his private address. The accused pleaded guilty, and was com* mitted for sentence. Evidence was given that the accused wag arrested on the Mariposa at Auckland. He had assumed the name of " Captain Bradley." Mention was made of a statement by the accused alleging that a certain other party was implicated in the case, and if there was anything in it it would probably have some bearing on the sentence. The magistrate (Mr E. Page) suggested that counsel should submit the matter to the judge, who would deal with it, and the detective-sergeant said that a report concerning the matter would be furnished within the next day or two.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22324, 26 July 1934, Page 11
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198FALSE PRETENCES Otago Daily Times, Issue 22324, 26 July 1934, Page 11
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