HARD LABOUR FOR FRAUD
SAID REPRESENTED RADIO CLUB. FALSE COLLECTION SUBSCRIPTIONS By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Sept 13. Representing that he was a credited agent of a radio club, Alfred Egbert Campbell called at a number of suburban houses and collected £l4. This morning Mr. E. Mosley, S.M., sentenced Campbell to six months’ hard labour on two charges, one of failing to account for £3 and the other of collecting. £ll by fraudulent representation.
The police said that accused came from Wellington and at first had permission to collect subscriptions for the radio club on commission. He had failed to account for the money and then had receipt books printed and continued operating in the suburbs. He had a number of previous convictions.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1934, Page 7
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