FALSE PRETENCES
VALUELESS CHEQUES PASSED. By Telegraph—Press Association DUNEDIN, May IS. Issuing valueless cheques totalling £7B in two days, Claude William Porter, aged 39, indulged in an orgy of drinking and gambling. After eight days’ hectic living, he gave himself up to the police. In the Police Court this morning, Porter pleaded guilty to false pretences, involving £sl. The police stated that accused went to the Bank of New Zealand, where his father had an account, and obtained a cheque book in his father’s name. Then he set out on a career of issuing valueless cheques. Counsel said that accused left with the Main Body when IS, and served throughout the War. He was twice severely wounded, and decorated with a Military Medal and bar. Accused was remanded for a week in custody.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19803, 19 May 1934, Page 6
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133FALSE PRETENCES Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19803, 19 May 1934, Page 6
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