CHARGE OF FRAUD.
AUCKLAND, May 4. A charge of incurring a debt of £3 10s by fraud in Dunedin Inst September was preferred against William Edward Walker in the Police Court to-day. Chief-detective Cummings said that the accused obtained hoard on the representation that he had been employed bv the Christchurch Tramway Company, and had been transferred to Dunedin. This statement was false. He was now serving a long sentence for another offence. The Magistrate (Mr F. K. Hunt) said that under the circumstances the accused would he convicted and discharged.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19260511.2.239
Bibliographic details
Otago Witness, Issue 3765, 11 May 1926, Page 78
Word Count
91CHARGE OF FRAUD. Otago Witness, Issue 3765, 11 May 1926, Page 78
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Witness. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in