GAOL FOR CHINESE
FALSE REPRESENTATIONS MADE.
PAKAPOO "COMMISSION” PAID.
By Telegraph—Press Association.
Auckland, April 13.
Sang Fong, aged 23 years, a Chinese gardener, was sentenced to six months imprisonment, to be followed by twelve months’ reformative detention by Mr. F. K Hunt, S.M., in the Police Court this morning. He pleaded guilty to three charges of obtaining sums totalling £l2 10s by falsely representing to persons to whom he sold pakapoo tickets that they had won large prizes and wanted the money to pay commission to a pakapoo banker. People who gave him money did not receive prizes.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19350415.2.62
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 15 April 1935, Page 5
Word Count
98GAOL FOR CHINESE Taranaki Daily News, 15 April 1935, Page 5
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.