FORGERY CHARGE
USED FATHER-IN-LAW’S NAME FARMER PLEADS GUILTY A fondness for drink was the cause of Reginald Davis Lewis forging the name of his father-in-law to a cheque for £lO7 6s 6d, and obtaining goods valued at £29 0s 6d by means of a forged order purporting to be signed by his mother-in-law. Lewis, a farmer, aged 26, pleaded guilty at the Police Court today to forging the name of Joseph Straka to a cheque for £lO7 6s 6d, with intention to have it acted upon as genuine. The same plea was entered to a charge of obtaining suits, overcoats and other clothing, valued at £29 0s 6d from a city drapery firm by falsely representing that Mrs. Joseph Straka had given him an order authorising him to obtain the goods. A further charge of attempting to obtain £lO7 6s 6d from the Bank of New Zealand by means of a valueless cheque was withdrawn. Accused pleaded guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1074, 11 September 1930, Page 10
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167FORGERY CHARGE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1074, 11 September 1930, Page 10
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