YOUNG MAN’S RECORD
LONG LIST OF FRAUDS SENTENCED TO GAOL (TYr Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. “For a young man, the accused lias an exceptionally bad record of false j pretences—something like 30 charges,” j stated Mr. J. R. Bartholomew, §.M., j this morning in sentencing Elwood, Cuthbertson, 28, to., six months in . gaol I for issuing two valueless cheques of £lO each to the licensee of the Gladstone Hotel, who knew his parents, for which reason she accepted the cheques. . j The accused was later arrested in Christchurch. | The police, in announcing a long list of convictions, stated that this was the man sentenced two years ago for tobacco sale frauds. Counsel stated that the accused came from a respectable family. When quite young, he received two substantial legacies, which completely turned his head. He began to keep racehorses, living in great luxury, which led to his downfall. j
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19365, 1 July 1937, Page 15
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