GAOL FOR CANVASSER
OFFENCE IN WANGANUI
(Per Press Association.)
WANGANUI, this day. David Scrogie, aged 44, a canvasser, with a list of previous convictions for false pretences, was sentenced to 12 months’ gaol for obtaining £SO through orders from business people for advertisements for a book mark purported to be used in the Municipal Library, accused representing that he was the authorised agent of the City Council. Accused canvassed over a period of two months, spending Hie money on drink and personal expenses, together with a remittance of £1 4s a week.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19240, 4 February 1937, Page 15
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92GAOL FOR CANVASSER Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19240, 4 February 1937, Page 15
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