THE COURTS.
“REALLY BLACKMAIL.” By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 26. “The whole thing was a hoax, really blackmail,” said Chief-Detective Carroll to-day, when Joseph Hepburn (46), private inquiry agent, faced three charges of false pretences, concerning sums of money received from Eva Nicholls. Hepburn pleaded guihy and was sentenced to a month’s hard labour. The police said he pretended to draw up a bond covering an agreement with another party over a domestic matter, but he really did not do three pence worth of work on the case.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19093, 27 January 1932, Page 2
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