IMPUDENT FRAUDS

Otago Witness, Issue 3505, 17 May 1921, Page 23

IMPUDENT FRAUDS

WELLINGTON FIRMS VICTIMISED. . WELLINGTON, May 11. Detents of impudent frauds perpetrated on various city linns were given in the Police v. villi t uo-uay. Six charges of obtaining 1 tu tides and money iroin various shops were pret.-n-od against Harold Bruce Anderson. Pm ! e iii t lie dor k Anderson bore trie appearance of a man suitciiiig severely from .in? effects of St. Vitus tlanco, but Chief i.'c tec lice V) avd said the accused was merely acting. Tho charges were: (1) Obtaining from Id. and I*. Young, jeweUoi’s, goods v aiuc-ti a h £so by means ol a, , -is-, pretence, Lie use of a value-1, ts cin q :e; (£) oMainiiig from Iv. Cb Browne and Co. (Liiiiiie-d), oututicrs, gootis valued at £5 16s 6d. by falsely representin'!' that ho was Dr And'-rs.iii, a cousin of Dr .Anderson, of Wanganui; (o) obtaining trout t;he same linn goods of the value oi £4 7s 6d by a similar false pretence; (4) did attempt to obtain from the same isrin a dinner suit valued a: £l3 8s by the Mime false pretence; (5) obtaining from George and George, drapers, Newtown, a fur coat valued at £1?, by means of a valueless cheque drawn on the National Bank of New Zealand; (6) did obtain from William Henry and (do., Newtown, £5 by ;i valueless cheque- drawn on the National Bank of New Zealand. Accused pleaded guilty, and was committed for sentence.

BOOKMAKING.

_ CHRISTCHURCH, May 9. William Whitt a, who was convicted of carrying- on the business of u- bookmaker in Christchurch, was sentenced by Air Justice lierdman to six months’ imprisonment, with hard labour, and was also ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution. ills Honor said the prisoner had been before the court on several occasions in connection with offences relating to gambling. It was clear from the evidence that prisoner and his son had carried on the business of bookmakers extensively. 'lhe prisoner knew the stave of the law and had deliberately made up has mind to defy it. lie would take into consideration the prisoner’s age, and tho fact that it was the first cuss of the kind in which a jury had found an accused person guilt v. May 10. At the 'Supreme Court William Whelan was charged with havine- carried on the business of a bookmaker. Mr A. T. Don- ; le IP l ioseeuted. and Mr M. ,f. t . :5..-..a and Mr C. S. Thomas appeared for the ; accused. Evidence of the making of bets by letter with accused was given by Charles : Carlson, bushrnan, of Kaitiki. and Detective M'Leod, of Gisborne. Several other I witnesses were called by tlie Crown, but ciaimed privilege. The jury, after a re- ; tiremenfc of 56 minutes, returned a unani- j metis verdict of not guilt v. Accused was i discharged.