CAN'T KEEP STRAIGHT.
EX-SOLDIEE SENTENCED. I're-ix Association. DUNE DIN. August 28. Edgar .John Blackburn Cloiigh, a halfcast Maqri, who pleaded guilty in the Lower Court to obtaining £l(i by means of false pretences,» came up for sentence at the Supreme Court this morning. Accused fought in the South African War. He left New Zealand as a private, and returned as a lieutenant. For cashing a valueless cheque in Wellington some time ago he had received four months', and early in this year he got into trouble at Christohurch over strike funds, and was fined £;">. Mr Justice Situ sentenced the accused to six months' imprisonment.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 174, 28 August 1914, Page 8
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104CAN'T KEEP STRAIGHT. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 174, 28 August 1914, Page 8
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