ATTEMPTED FRAUD
CONVICTION ENTERED By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, May 15. Allegations that accused had impersonated another woman with a view to obtaining. £350 from the Union Bank of Australia were made in the Supreme Court when Kathleen Jessie Alekna appeared for trial on charges of conspiring to defraud the Union Bank of £350 and attempting to obtain £350 from the bank by false pretences. After a retirement of nearly three hours the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on the first charge and guilty on the second. His Honour said he was quite sure that prisoner really had no intention to be dishonourable in the transaction so far as the sharing of the money or anything of that kind was concerned. Prisoner was convicted and discharged.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20109, 16 May 1935, Page 7
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127ATTEMPTED FRAUD Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20109, 16 May 1935, Page 7
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