OIL SWINDLE ALLEGATION
CLAIMS BY AGENTS SUCCEED FALSE REPRESENTATIONS MADE. WELLINGTON COURT’S DECISION. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, July 22. In his reserved judgment in the Alecca oil ease Air. E. Page, S.M., held that the transactions with the agents were entered into on the false representations of Pimentel, as being an accredited representative of a company in America. Ho called it the Alccea Company and stated that it owned its own oil wells and refinery. hi view of the fact that criminal proceedings were pending against Pimentel Mr. did not think it desirable to discuss °the matter further. He gave judgment for the amounts claimed— Wakefield £245 17s 3d, Begg £179 30s, and Wimsett £94 6s Id,, with costs in each case. Counsel for plaintiffs said that under a section of the Magistrate’s , Court Act he had filed notice yesterday that he required Pimentel to be examined forthwith as to any debts accruing or due to him, with the idea of taking attachment proceedings on any such debts. He did this because he wanted to be assured that the £3OOO it was alleged Pimentel had made in New Zealand would not go out of the country..
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19300723.2.104
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1930, Page 11
Word Count
196OIL SWINDLE ALLEGATION Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1930, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. 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.