CHARGES ADMITTED
TE AWAMUTU MEN IN COURT ALLEGED CREDIT BY FRAUD Telling Fedeiick Charles Haiiiln. piano tuner, of Te Awamutu. that probation as far as Ire was concerned was out of the question in view of his previous conviction list, Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M., sentenced him to three months’ imprisonment. Hanlin had pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Couit, Hamilton, to a charge of obtaining credit by fraud and incurring a debt of £2 ss. Steven William Merritt, piano tuner, of Te Awamutu, pleaded guilty to a similar charge and was placed on probation for two years. Police evidence said that on May 28 both defendants stayed two nights at an hotel and left without paying their beard. It was not known where they had gone until they were recently traced to Te Arohr., where they had admitted the offences.
Defendants said that they had attended the Te Rapa races on May 28, and had lost most of their money. They had been booked in at the hotel and had insufficient money to pay their board.
Hanlin gave notice to appeal and was released on bail.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 79, Issue 7138, 28 November 1949, Page 4
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