FALSE PRETENCES PROVED

Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1929, Page 20

FALSE PRETENCES PROVED

ACT OF YOUNG MAN OF MEANS.

SUPPRESSION OF NAME ORDERED.

By Telegraph—Press Association.

Palmerston N., July 24. “It must he recognised that this is rather a serious offence in that it was premeditated. Accused made a false pretence and then carried it out. It was certainly strange, for he had money in his possession. I trust, however, he has learnt a lesson. I am going to give him a chance.”

These remarks were made by Mr. Stout, S.M., when a young man of 20 appeared on a charge of false pretences. A conviction was entered and accused was admitted to probation for two years. An order forbidding the publication of his name was also entered.

Accused telephoned to a local firm, giving the name of a well-known medical man, authorising the sale of goods to him as the doctor’s nephew. Later he entered the shop and obtained the goods, which led. to his arrest. The police stated that it was difficult to understand the reason of the offence, as accused had means. Accused’s counsel attributed the lapse as due to depression following influenza.