FALSE PRETENCES
CHARGE AGAINST LABOURER. ADMITTED TO PROBATION. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, June 11. John Alexander Ross, a labourer, aged 39, appeared before Mr Salmon, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court to-day and pleaded guilty to having obtained £3 5/- from Harry Ross by means of false pretences. Chief Detective Ward said that although the two men bore the same name, they were not related. Accused lived in a house on the Taylor Estate, Island Bay, and by falsely representing that he was caretaker of the estate, he obtained money from the other man by offering to let him a dwelling at 19 Trent street. Accused was a married man with six children and had nothing to do with the estate beyond the fact that he leased one of the houses. The Magistrate (glancing at accused’s record), “I see that your last offence of dishonesty was committed over 20 years ago so I shall overlook it. I am going to admit you to probation for a year but you must understand that it is not for your sake but for the sake of your wife and children that I am doing so.” Mr Salmon directed accused to take out a Prohibition order and told him to make restitution as directed by the Probation officer.
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Southland Times, Issue 20202, 13 June 1927, Page 7
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214FALSE PRETENCES Southland Times, Issue 20202, 13 June 1927, Page 7
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