FALSE PRETENCES
(P.A.) DUNEDIN, June 17. A staff-sergeant in the military forces, Rupert Hall Taylor, aged 36, a married man, admitted a series of charges involving theft and false pretences in the Magistrate’s Court this morning and was committed for sentence. The evidence disclosed that early last year he made the acquaintance of a GermanJewish refugee woman. He obtained £5O and £45 from her and then pawned for £6O a gold mesh bag studded with diamonds and sapphires which belonged to her and was valued at £l5O. Later he went to a solicitor and by representing the bag was his seemed, an advance of £29/10/- from him,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19420618.2.4
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 24773, 18 June 1942, Page 2
Word Count
107FALSE PRETENCES Southland Times, Issue 24773, 18 June 1942, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.