FALSE DECLARATION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17029, 14 August 1929, Page 10

FALSE DECLARATION

MAN GETS FREE BOAED HAD MONEY IN BANK (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. In the Police Court, William Davis, was charged under Section 52 of the Police Offences Act with making a false declaration, stating that he was destitute in order to obtain free accommodation at the Auckland Infirmary, whereas he had £77 in the Post Office Savings Bank. Mr. Cocker, for the Auckland Hospital Board, said Davis applied to the board on May 31 for iidmirsion to the infirmary, arid in reply to the relieving officer, stated he was destitute. After a medical examination, he was admitted to the institution, where he remained until last Monday. While accused was at the infirmary, a woman with whom he had boarded handed over somo of his effects to the board, and among these was fohnd a bank book which showed accused to have been in possession of £77 the day he made application for admission. In April, accused's, credit in the Savings Bank was £173, but accused had been drawing sums of £5 and £lO, until the day he applied for admission, when he -drew £5. The woman with whom Davis boarded, said accused had told her to keep the book, and to be careM not to let anyone know he had fin account. When questioned about the book, accused said he thought it had been stolen the night before he had applied. Counsel added that the Hospital Board had had some suspicious cases lately, and this was obviously a premeditated attemptDavis was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment with hard ]abor, and was ordered to make payment of £lB 18s for acccommodation at the home for nine weeks, and the cost of the prosecution. £2 2s.