VALUELESS CHEQUES
MAN ADMITTED TO PROBATION. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, January 19. David Campbell, aged 40, who is stated to have been in quite a fair way of business in Wellington, but to have become a victim to drink and lost it, to-day pleaded guilty to serious charges of obtaining money and other goods by valueless cheques. He also admitted obtaining £2 by false pretences. The total amount involved was £l9 10/-. Five cheques were issued at Wellington and Petone, two at Christchurch, and the false pretences charge was the offence at Dunedin, where he represented to a firm that he was an employee of Marris and Campbell. The Magistrate admitted him to probation on condition that he abstained from liquor and made restitution at a rate to be fixed by the Probation Officer.
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Southland Times, Issue 21607, 20 January 1932, Page 5
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135VALUELESS CHEQUES Southland Times, Issue 21607, 20 January 1932, Page 5
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