A PECULIAR CASE.
DEFRAUDING AN INSURANCE COMPANY. i / ■ f [Per Press Association.] . INVERCARGILL, January 28. A peculiar case was before tho Court to-day. In May last a house was destroyed by fire, and tho occupier, James Phillipson, recovered the insurance on goods returned as burnt: ' Recently it was discovered that some of the property had nob been destroyed, and Pliiliip3on was charged ivith theft of: a violin, and with obtaining, from the New Zealand Insurance Company by fraud. He was, sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and the Magistrate remarked that it was a most, serious matter and that probably this'class of offence was rather common, though difficult to detect.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10679, 28 January 1913, Page 2
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109A PECULIAR CASE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 10679, 28 January 1913, Page 2
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